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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Lock your door. 
2. When she wants to come by to drop something off, say no, you'll come by to pick it up at x o'clock. Then keep the car running and have one of the kids run up to her house to get it and they can say "We can't stay - we're in the middle of running errands."
3. Give less information. Don't tell her when you're heading out, heading on vacation, which night you're going to Red Lobster, etc. [/quote]

What a beeitch you are! [/quote]

No I'm just a person very comfortable with setting boundaries. That means when I give, I am always happy to do it and never ever resentful or feeling used. [/quote]
We cannot wait until you are in your 70s. Cannot wait. [/quote]

Why, what do you think is going to happen? I'll try to passive-aggressively push my way in to places I'm not wanted? Lol, fat chance. I have a rich life with great friends of all ages now, and look forward to being retired and super busy. [b]I will fit in time for my family sometimes, but my life won't revolve around them.[/b] [/quote]

And everyone will know why you want to spend so much time with them -- because you don't have much of a family life. How sad. "We let her hang out with us but we have to make sure to have serious boundaries with her because we have our own families to spend time with." "I know, it's so sad that she keeps fishing for invitations and ways to socialize. I feel sorry for her so I usually try to come up with a way do do something with her once a month. It's like charity." "I feel so fortunate to have my family in my life! To think I could have ended up a pathetic old woman trying to pretend friendships are more important than family!" "There but for the grace of God go I." "I know!"[/quote]

You are hysterical. So, so hysterical.[/quote]

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