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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for these, I love them!  I want to be prepared next time.

I have wondered why our age difference is an issue for my FIL.  I believe it's because he and MIL are terrified of doing anything outside the norm and worry excessively about what others think.  So us deviating from the traditional older man/younger woman paradigm was anxiety-producing for them and they worried about what their friends and family would think about it.  Maybe they still worry about it!

They are deeply insecure and comment incessantly about other people:  their cars, weight, state of their yards, etc.  [/quote]

You know, OP, it says a lot of good things about you as a person that you're actually bothering to analyze the roots of your FIL's rudeness, but it's still a big flaming sack of not your problem. He has every right to be insecure. He doesn't have a right to be rude. Please, don't let your being a decent human being override your right not to be disrespected.[/quote]

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