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[quote=Anonymous]OP, tell your husband that you're going to start taking the reins since he won't. Your birthday when your grandmother died: you tell MIL "no, thanks, I'm feeling sad and I'm not up to company, but thank you so much anyway. We'll see you next weekend." Regardless of what DH says or wants, you just go ahead and do it. Camping: "thanks, MIL, but I'm not much of a camper, so I'm going to pass" and let your DH go with the kids. Stand up to her as far as the kids' medical condition and just come out and tell her her comments to them and about them on this are counterproductive and contrary to what the doctors say. Etc. You pick the battles and set those boundaries. If your DH nags you about holiday plans, just pick a date by which the decision will be made and tell him not to keep asking you. If he won't push back in his mother, the solution is not that he should keep nagging you. Offer to tell her that you won't really know until [x date]. [/quote]
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