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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just as a data point, when I was 23 and we went to my boyfriend's house to visit, his mother tried to put us in two different rooms. My boyfriend smiled, declined, and we went to a hotel, and cut our visit short by about 3 days. We married later, but the way she treated us on that visit has always colored our relationship with her. Respect your children's relationships and treat them like the adults they are. [/quote]

I don't even agree with the mom, but it's pretty ridiculous to let one thing color your entire relationship. You sound pretty vindictive and judgmental. Even if it were a mistake (I mean, it's her house, so whatever), most of us learn to forgive mistakes. She raised your husband, for goodness's sakes, you can't extend her any grace? What should happen if one day you do something that one of your kids or their partner doesn't like? Be forever 'colored' by it? Grow up, OP.[/quote]

Nope, it was indicative of how she's always seen us. In our 40s now, but she's never respected us as adults on equal footing to her. She always wants to call the shots, simply because her son is her son. She doesn't recognize us as people with responsibilities and preferences of our own. [/quote]

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