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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL just came to visit for 2.5 weeks and I try SO hard to be accommodating and let my usual rules go. She feeds the kids "treats" several times a day (basically dessert, which I'm not opposed to, but 3-4 times each day) + lets them have as much juice as they want. She goes in after they've done their whole bedtime routine and riles them back up and then wonders why they don't go to sleep and are grumpy the next morning. She takes my DD for manicures (blech) and tells DS nail polish is only for girls when we wants to go (he's 3). She's as helpful as can be when DH is there, but when he's not, she doesn't help at all (even though we have 3 under 5, so help with meals or bedtime would obviously be appreciated). She spends the whole time complaining about every aspect of the choices we've made about how we live our life: she LOVES our nanny, but she has flaws A-D and we should ask her to do E-G other things because she's overpaid and lazy (it essentially comes down to she doesn't think we should have a nanny w/ the subtext being that I should stay home; in addition to the fact that I don't want to, DH & I are both professionals earning comparable amounts and could not possibly get by on one salary); our kids' teachers seem GREAT, but are weird and horrible in ways H-K; our house is surprisingly tiny for how much it costs; we've made such INTERESTING choices for activities for the kids, so different than her other grandkids/not what she would pick at all... It's just exhausting.[/quote]

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