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[quote=Anonymous]Remember this, mothers of sons.  When you DIL is being "unreasonable" about something.

My MIL tried BS like this when our child was born.  At first I tried to be polite about it and when she pushed me, I pushed back.  I have posted about my methods here before.  I am the one who makes everything happen so I simply did not plan for us to spend any time with her when she pissed me off.  And if my husband mentioned that we had not seen his mom lately, I politely and cheerfully (and that is the key) agreed with him  Like, "Really?  Huh.  You are absolutely right!"  Said cheerfully and brightly.  And then back to what I was doing.  No arguments.  No confrontations.  If he wanted to make the plans, he could do so.  The one time he did make plans with her, I had a meeting so he had to deal with the baby, his mother, her dog, etc.  His mother had invited over all of her rheumy friends who passed around the baby without washing their hands and were touching her face and hands -- big no nos for him, not really for me.  When he protested his mother did not respect his authority as the dad and that upset him a great deal.  So when he came back he was 100% in my camp.  My MIL learned a solid lesson and is MUCH more respectful of our parenting.[/quote]

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