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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I truly have no words.  My husband was there, too, and said nothing.  We are at our house and they are visiting from out of town.  
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I know I should have said something at that moment, but I was just caught so off-guard.  She often makes comments about what I eat (I weigh about 12 pounds more than I did when I got married 13 years ago) and what other adults eat, but this is the first time she said anything about my kids.  According to my MIL, I always make waaayyy too much food and, once, when I told her the chicken piccata I was making was Ree Drummond's recipe (Pioneer Woman) she looked at me and smirked and said, "Ewww.  Her food is so fatty and so gross."

I'm going to go and have a talk with my husband right now.

The saddest part of all of this is that my mother who was just incredible passed away a few years ago.  My kids and I are now stuck with this.

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No they're not stuck. Not if you don't want them to be. You're the gateway to them.

Tell your MIL that she either cuts the body-shaming or she doesn't see your kids. That simple. And get your husband on board. Show him statistics on eating disorders in children and teenagers. That should do the trick if he's a responsible father.[/quote]

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