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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you do this?  I've read this advice before when people (including myself) talk about drama with in laws such as passive aggressiveness, comments about their spending too much time with "my" family, must be nice to travel so much, etc.  Or even outright rude comments or actions such as not acknowledging me, talking behind my back or doing something hurtful and not acknowledging it, etc.  Can you give examples of how to act "dumb and cheery"? What do you say or do when these examples I've described occur?[/quote]

Daughter's inlaws were so toxic and excluding that over time she just began to resent the fact that her husband just let it happen. Of course the marriage collapsed, but it was, IMO, because of him more than them. Yes, they were total nightmares, but he was the facilitator. Trouble is, she saw this before they married and thought it would get better...it did not. Bottom line, your DH shares the responsibility for any bad behavior towards you from his family. People will say that you alone can be respinsible for your own behavior, but if there is relentless bullying, passive aggressive behavior, and exclusion, you should not have to put up with it.[/quote]

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