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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had the SAME fight with my mom last time she visited and I also felt awful.  She is a compulsive re-organizer. I know this, and usually don't mind (and often even appreciate it!), but she reorganized stuff just as I was preparing for a party and I couldn't find anything, which was stressing me out, so I used my "very aggravated" voice and then she used her martyr voice.  I tried to apologize later and she wasn't taking it.  Usually I feel like I can tease her about her quirks, but I guess I got her at the wrong moment with the wrong tone.  She was mad for a day or so. On the upside, a few weeks later, she was already talking about coming back for another stay.  [b]Also, fwiw, I know she prefers to stay with me over staying with the DILs because she knows she can't re-arrange their stuff, and it drives her beyond nuts.  So[/b] my kids get the benefit of extra grandma time, in exchange for my putting up with some reorganization that I may or may not need.[/quote]

Sounds like your brothers and their wives are onto something!  Why does she listen to them and not you?[/quote]

Same PP here...I realized that came out mean-sounding, but I do wonder why you apologized for making a very reasonable request of your mother, and I wonder how it is that the other families don't have that happen while it happens at your house.  [/quote]

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