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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIL and I are very different - probably considered opposites in most ways. I am from a different background (both ethnicity and how/where I was raised), and she is not too keen on that. Apparently, we are all supposed to be like her?

Which wouldn't be so bad, if she wasn't so mean spirited. She is not a happy person, and DH will forever be trying to please her and his family, because it is never enough.  I suppose I should be grateful to them for being who they are, because it drove DH to try harder, in general.

When I try to think of something nice to say about MIL, I seem to quickly remember all the nasty things she has said to me, unsolicited, at the worst times.  She was old enough to know better (we married young and penniless), yet she either had dementia since an early age, or she is just a terribly mean spirited person. Plus, it is all about her.

Yet, I know she can be kind and generous, just not with us - only with her daughter, who is identical in each and every way.  DH's brothers never married. I am certain a psychologist would have a field day with those pieces of information.

If she were simply more pleasant, with a kinder demeanor - well, it shows me how not to be. [/quote]

PP here.  DH and my marriage is very different than hers - so I am thinking that has something to do with her um, disposition. [/quote]

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