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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like a work in process, OP, but you're doing some things right without even knowing it.  If your MIL were desperately unhappy or couldn't stand you or DH, then she wouldn't be seeking your companionship when you're at home.  She is with you for a reason when you're in the kitchen making dinner.  It would be easy enough for her to avoid you but instead she is choosing to be with you.  Take that as a compliment and build on it.

She may be nervous about going new places on your own.  Could you and your husband start planning like one "field trip" a week with her?  Go to a museum using whatever method of transportation she would use by herself, tour the museum, get a snack or lunch like she would if she was alone, then go home.  Or sign up for a cooking class at Sur La Table, just the two of you, and make something fun.  Or have DH take her out for a movie.  Do you belong to a church?  A lot of churches have senior groups and activities.  And what about exercise?  At 79 it is highly probable that her physician would write her a script for PT to keep her active and exercising.  She would have to get there/back but the PT is a good way for her to spend some time out of the house.[/quote]

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