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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know all about my dysfunction.  My family of origin is totally fucked.  While it's left it's left it's damage on my siblings and I, we're doing pretty well.  The older I get, the more I'm surprised the relationships between us are really good.  Instead of pitting us against one another, we're allied.  Not sure how that happened when the opposite is usually true.  It's probably because we always laughed together about the shitty things that happened even though it was so painful.  But, we still deal with family drama and with our respective ILs.

My siblings and I take the "let's fuck with them" approach.  If food is an issue at an IL's house, we'd bring plenty for everyone and wear the "Mask of Obliviousness".  In fact, the "Mask of Obliviousness" is an excellent device to have where family drama is involved.  We developed it in response to our family dysfunction along with a few others (Mask of Catatonia, Mask of Teflon, Mask of Ignorance, etc.)  Will your ILs get pissed that your disrupting the family tradition?  Sure, they will but by wearing the Mask of Obliviouslness, you won't be aware of what you've done.  You'll chirpily comment on how nice it is to have such good food and so much of it.  Oh, be sure to pack leftovers for everyone!  Don't you just LOVE having leftovers?  Behind the mask, you will enjoy seeking their discomfort and annoyance that you are oblivious to what you've done.  If they do happen to speak to you about it, you put on the Mask of Ignorance.  [/quote]

OP here.  They f with us constantly - it is time to give them a taste of their own medicine, I say.  So they can predictably act shocked.  THIS will be funny!  :)

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