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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just stay detached and observe their antics.[/quote]

This.  Think of ridiculous things that have been said in the past.  Play a game where you "win" anytime someone one ups, or name drops, or says something snooty.  You are an anthropologist observing a strange species of person and you must engage lightly and not interfere with their natural course of events.  Making it a game is much more fun.  I do this with my inlaws.  How soon until MIL complains about the food?  How soon until SIL blatantly ignores someone for her phone screen?  How long until FIL mentions his weight and/or his diet?  These things used to irritate me, but now I find them pretty amusing.[/quote]

This. Play Bingo. You win each time they status check you or name-drop. Half a point for their "looks."

I also like to pretend I'm on a reality tv show and Andy Cohen will be doing a reunion show with all of us. I want to come off well to the audience. So I will smile serenely when a relative looks me up and down and then rolls their eyes and smirks.[/quote]

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