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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your MIL sounds annoying.[/quote]

Yeah she kind of is. And then she's fine in other ways. She comes off as passive aggressive sometimes and sweet as pie others.

I guess a tandem question could be--if you're all heading out somewhere would your MIL help with getting your kids' shoes on? Again, not her job, but when dh asked her to help she said with a laugh  "I already did my parenting time, now I get to be grandma" (meaning she doesn't have to help. And she wonders why we don't want to live closer! She really doesn't get it.

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You are describing my H's mom to  a Tee here. For the most part she really is a sweet lady and I know that I got pretty lucky compared to others but she also has this over-arching theme of "well, I don't want to intrude" that kind of just translates to "well, I'll just sit here and be served", but I try to remember that my family is just different and more the type to just start washing up dishes instead of waiting and asking, so my perspective is skewed. She also doesn't have any close ties to her own mom and sisters so she obviously sees my relationships as probably being "too much". So always 2 sides to the story.[/quote]

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