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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geez if I were the MIL I would have found some way to just go back home.  She should apologize to her DIL, but her DIL seems to have over reacted as well. I can imagine the two will have an awkward relationship going forward.  [/quote]

They will!  My MIL has imposed her views on DH and I from day one - she's the freaking marriage Nazi. "She" knows the etiquette (because she is military - no? We are not, so military etiquette does not apply in DH and my house!), "she" knows what is best, "she" knows the answer......BULLSHIT.  MIL knows nothing and has gone against the grain every chance she has.  It is nothing more than a p*ssing contest with me.  I am over it, and have been for many years, so is DH.

I think a MIL like this (and like mine) discredits herself by trying to impose arbitrary BS on the new couple, the new parents, whomever.  All this MIL is trying to do is say that her (MIL) opinion matters more, like she is some sort of matriarch, which is laughable.  I have lived with it, and I just ignore it by now, because MIL brought it upon herself to be ignored.  How can anyone respect anyone like that one iota?  Yuck.

DH and I just do what we want now, and we've never asked MIL for anything anyway, so it really is  a non issue.  A great example of how I do NOT want to be as a MIL, however!  :)

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