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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m definitely like this with my MIL and no one else (other than a former boss who irrationally hated me and tried to tank  my career). PPs above have identified most of the issues: MIL gossips, is super judgmental, plays favorites with my kids - and randomly yells at them when they do something she thinks is wrong, and is an ultimate bean counter. She is also obsessed with money - wants to know how much a random friend of my son’s new house cost, how much do we spend on summer camp, how much my best friends husband earns. It’s exhausting. She’s exhausting. And she insists on staying at our house over a hotel or air B and B. So I am formal with her and not warm. [b]I love her,[/b] but can’t stand to be around her for more than a couple of hours. [/quote]

No you don't. You've thrown that word in there to make yourself look like the better person. Be honest and say that you tolerate her but don't like her.  
 
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

Compare that with what you've written. Don't abuse the word love because that is not what you feel for her. 
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NP. Do you get that not everyone is Christian, and not everyone defines love as the above?[/quote]

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