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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be positive and supportive of their child’s relationship. MIL was constantly raising concerns with DH when we were dating. Then when we moved in together. Then when we got a dog, got married, bought a house. She once asked me when I was dating DH how much money I made - as if I was a gold digger. I didn’t tell her the amount, but hinted that I make more than her son. The constant skepticism didn’t feel welcoming at all.

[b]And MILs should live their own lives. MIL wanted us to visit all the time during COVID and had a running calendar in her mind, where she’s remind us every time we talked of how long it’d been since we had seen her last[/b]. [/quote]

This was so my mother. Each time we visited there was a guilt trip for not visiting sooner, which just made us spread out visits more. She made phone calls so unpleasant we stuck to text. A simple "nice to see you. Thanks for coming" is the best way to keep people coming. Guilt trips, complaining and manipulating are repellents.[/quote]

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