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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIL lives about two miles away and is always finding little reasons to stop by, things like, can she drop off muffins she made, can she swing by and deliver some soup she made, is it ok if she stops by and says hello to our children. Mind you, we do plan weekly or at least every other week visits, so she sees us. If we say it’s not a good time, or can we try for tomorrow, she gets upset and takes it as a personal affront, complains the muffins won’t be fresh, etc, or claims she won’t come in and will just drop it on the porch, and then lingers when we don’t come out. It’s so awkward. Is there a better way to handle this without hurting feelings? [/quote]

Depends on how much your family likes the soup and muffins.  Does she do laundry or wash/fold/put away for the kids? [b] If your family  likes the stuff  pre-arrange a day /time for drop off[/b] ...That will give her a task and should take all day at her house.

Chicken soup from total scratch is 5 hours so I doubt that's what MIL is doing for a random pop in.  Plus the shopping/chopping time.
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LOL yes, the MIL should have to do laundry and fold and put it away for the kids if she wants to come inside the house with the muffins. If not, she has to leave them on the porch, take a picture and text it to you. Then walk away.[/quote]

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