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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DIL is good to my son so I think she's awesome :)[/quote]

Smart - no, BRILLIANT and wise woman, you are!

This is exactly how I want to be.  I love my DC's so much, I want their SO's to feel warm and welcomed when they are in my house.  Always.

My MIL would rather her only DIL be like her, but I was raised that it is *not* desirable for everyone to be alike - how boring would that be?  In fact, she is the opposite of me, which is fine, if she didn't seem to have such an outward problem with it.  Its a strange family to belong to.  Just a small example:  The women all have short hair, in fact, the same haircuts; same glasses, same clothes, same shoes, same profession, same habits, same cooking (???), etc.   Again, it is fine, but I can't be expected to be their clone.

MIL really seems to want to have something to talk about at golf; whether it is what I did or did not do, and especially, what I did different.  Differences are really pointed out, and not cause for celebration; but instead, cause for drama.  In fact, *nothing* is cause for celebration, or smiling, or happiness.  I don't think I have ever heard her say one nice thing to me.  It seems like there is no pleasing her, and if there is, there would be no sign of it.

It doesn't occur to her to want to spend time with her grandchildren, which I suppose tells us what she was like as a mother.

They really don't know much about me, after all these decades.  I guess its just as well, at this point.  Its hard to connect when most (or all) make little if any effort, and to say they "don't go out of their way" is an understatement.

Anyway, PP - I would like to remember what you said when it is my turn. Life is too short to be miserable!

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