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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  I have read all the posts.  I guess I still don't get the problem although the vitriol is surprising against the MIL.  She wants to be called "Mama Larla".  Your child will know the difference, OP, between you and Mama Larla.  It will be fine.

If my MIL wanted to be called the Grand Poobah or The Queen of All Things Great and Small, I would smile and go along with it.  Life is too short and I'm not that insecure.

This apparently is your first child, OP, so I understand your angst.  However, you need all the help you can get and you should want as many loving people around your child as you possibly can cultivate because love is what will make your child bloom and grow.  Let this pass.[/quote]
I would personally not want help from someone who says they're going to steal my child. But different strokes I guess...[/quote]

And some of us are mature enough to separate hyperbole from actual "threats".  But if that is the way that you want to live your life then I guess that's what you're going to do.  Why are you so easily threatened that you can't just smile or giggle, say "good one" and move on?  Grow up and be a better role model for your children.[/quote]

NP. Why do so many of you hold grandmothers to no standards whatsoever? My mother and MIL are nothing like the women described here, thank God. They would never seek to substitute their own judgment or opinion for mine when it comes to anything involving my children, nor would they make bizarre threats and then expect to be treated like a treasured member of the family. The fact is that most people don't need or receive that much concrete help from their families, so your rationale that "you need all the help you can get" is irrelevant. There is no reason to tolerate hostile or inappropriate behavior in relatives that you would never consider tolerating in a friend.[/quote]

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