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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could actually speak my mind and say No 80% of the time, instead of saying yes 99% to be respectful. She is domineering, does not take no for an answer, her outdated and often ignorant and undereducated and closeminded ways are right in all matters. It drives me nuts. [/quote]

Oh man, I also could have totally written this. My husband and I have been married 10 years now, and I've always been completely respectful, but I worry that one day I'm totally going to snap. For instance, last week, we took the kids there to see her and DH and I left and had lunch. And after we picked them up and as we were leaving, she said, "I don't see the kids enough, I need to come see them at your house." And then I think she realized how ridiculous she sounded telling us this right after she visited with the grandkids, so to correct herself, she said "that way, at your house, I can also see your dog." I had to bite my tongue.  The real truth, as deciphered through my astute daughter-in-law filter, is that she probably wasn't happy that we dropped them off for a visit. She wanted us (I.e. Her son) to stay so that she could see HER baby - my husband.  She knows that at our house, we can't leave and have lunch.[/quote]

Or, seen from the other perspective, you used her for free babysitting and she didn't spend any time with the two of you.[/quote]

Nope, we just had her over for dinner two days before that to celebrate 'back to school' based on her request for a back to school gathering.  And before that, we went over there to help her with her computer. And we probably had her over for dinner three other times this summer, in addition to the various times we saw her at her house. But nice work trying to shame me as a DIL. There are clearly bitter MIL's trolling these threads.[/quote]

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