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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Play happy and dumb. Don’t ask any questions. Don’t make an effort to connect. Only comment on immediate surroundings. Be cheerful and clueless and don’t talk a lot.[/quote] This is what I do with my inlaws. Every now and then I slip up and say a bit too much and I almost always regret it. Recent example: mentioned something about my mother and my kids to my MIL. Within 3 days my MIL was having a complete meltdown about how we don't love her or let our kids see her. I did later find out my DH had let something else personal slip out, so it was the culmination of the two things. It's harder to keep him from sharing information. Because it's his mom and he doesn't always see the clear connection between us saying something and the temper tantrum she has a few days or weeks later.[/quote]
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