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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  With my narcissist MIL (aren't they fun?) we had to go to a hotel after horrible behavior for it to get through to her that we mean business.  Not an option in your own house, but asking her to go to a hotel (and by asking, I mean, pack up her suitcase and have DH greet her at the door with it after she's outside and state that you are taking her to a hotel).  In my MIL's case, the thing that pushed DH over the edge was the "my house, my rules" speech (in attempting to get him to fall in line with some craziness of hers, not with regard to something that was rightly her choice).  His response was, fine, we won't be in your house.

In your case, you have the opposite position: our house, our rules, our kids' safety comes first.  Also, you have the "you have refused to acknowledge how upsetting this was for us, and we need some space in order to enjoy the rest of our visit."  She is going to cry, sob, yell, threaten, accuse, blame, blah blah blah, same old same old narcissist mess.  Just stay calm, pack her into the car, and take her to a hotel.

Easier said than done, ha!  But that is likely all that will get through to her.[/quote]

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