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[quote=Anonymous]Your kids don't mind you. That's the main problem. If I tell my kids to stay upstairs and they go downstairs? They're in trouble. It might happen once in a blue moon, but then it's very clear that they are in trouble, and if anything, that would be a clear excuse to say, "Mary, we're having some problems not minding; please excuse us for the evening so we can take care of this." Your husband is also a problem. You're managing bath and bedtime with clearly unruly kids on your own while he has a chat...how does that work, exactly? Call downstairs, "Tim, can you come give me a hand? We've got some rambunctious ones tonight!" Talk it through ahead of time so that he knows THAT IS HIS CUE to get her out the door. An older adult woman speaking in (hopefully quiet) tones to her son in his house when he is still welcoming her there is not really that problem. In this scenario, MIL is actually the least of your problems. And I am never on Team MIL![/quote]
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