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[quote=Anonymous]I met my MIL when I was 15.  My husband snd I got married at 22.  We are both 54.  I have never had cross words with her.  Not one time in all those years.  She isn’t perfect.  She makes me crazy sometimes.  We live 3 miles from my in-laws so we see them a lot.  I’m sure I do things that make her crazy as well.  She is my husband’s mother.  She is my children’s grandmother.  I call her “mom” and she treats me like a daughter.  She can be mean sometimes.  She drinks more than she should.  She has self-esteem issues, big time.  But I love her.  She is family.

I hope my DILs speak kindly about me.  I’m not perfect either.  I can be a little OCD and high strung.  I’m sure I drive them nuts without meaning to.  At first I loved them because they loved my boys. Now I love them because they are part of our family.  And they are both pretty damn amazing.

The reason so many people have issues with their MIL is simple -  It’s competition.  Once you learn to drop your end of the rope, you’ll find things are much easier.  I don’t need to be right all the time. Peace is more important. [/quote]

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