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What does she say to joint outings outside of mealtimes, such as visiting a park or botanical garden, or holiday lights?

If she wants to go nowhere and is fixated on feeding you at her house, then go as often as you want, and stop inviting her to other things. Or perhaps invite just FIL... maybe he's lonely, the poor thing :-)

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I tried - I asked if she wanted to go berry picking with DD and I, but that was a hard no. Instead she insisted we come over for lunch afterwards. Part of why I suggest these kinds of activities is so that she does more things with DD and the two of them can actually have something to talk about, like the time they went berry picking.  [/quote]

My suggestion was going to be seeing if you can plan non-food related activities, but it looks like you've tried.

If it were me I would decide what my boundaries for this were (i.e. you decide you will go to their house once a month for a meal and will make it clear that when the kids say no thank you she needs to stop). Then invite them to other things, like meals at your house or outings, and they can decide if they want to come. [/quote]

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