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[quote=Anonymous]Your MIL doesn't sound that bad at all, she sounds really lonely and elderly.  You don't mention that she gossips you or says mean things about you.  Just that she wants time with your DH and your kids/her grandkids. Many old people become difficult and many MILs always are, so skip a few visits, send DH and kids.  It sounds like you resent the time your DH spends with her and not with you, so in that case you are more like her than you might realize. I speculate that you are not middle aged, but on the younger side?  It is very typical that in the first years of marriage you want your DH to yourself and might be jealous of time he spends with anybody else but you and your family.  This wears off with time and you learn to enjoy time just by yourself. I am not saying your MIL isn't difficult, but try to more understanding. Yes, it is very difficult spending so much of your free time with MIL, but learn to send DH there and not resent her spending time with him. I understand both your sides, but by showing kindness you will be more at ease with yourself and it will make you happier in the long run.[/quote]

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