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[quote=Anonymous]OP, while I sympathize with your problem, I don't think there is any way to change her.  And unless you want to create some family strife, I don't think you can stop agreeing to the "breaks".

As the saying goes, you can't change others, you can only change how you react to them.  The first thing is anytime your MIL schedules something, add 2 hours to it.  So, if she is going to come over at noon, you plan for after 2:00pm.  The other thing to help you actually get a break is to take your time.  If you had planned something that would take four hours, plan that you'll still take four hours, if she shows up at 2:00.  Don't cut your break short to 2 hours because she's two hours late.  If she is watching the kids and texts you that she needs to leave early, text her back that you'll leave as soon as you can and will text when you are on the way.  Then finish what you were doing.  The best way to show her how it feels is to return the favor the same way.  Then she'll have an idea of what an inconvenience it is for you.  She'll either adapt to you being late or will start offering fewer of these "breaks", either of which is a win-win for you.[/quote]

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