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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm with you.  My MIL says it all the time and it really feels wrong.  In my case she is chronic boundary violator.  The ILY feels like a power play to me.  And frankly I don't love her.  I see good parts of her, I know she is a good grandmother who loves her grandchildren but she has said and done too many negative things for me.  A friendly and respectful relationship is all she is getting from me. [/quote]

OP here. Wow! I didn't realize my random post would generate such comments.
Background: my MIL is a huge, huge, boundary violator... she also has several relatively serious and diagnosed (but not always as treated with the proper doses of meds) mental disorders. She is wonderful in many ways, but there is a big context here which I didn't get into in my original post. So, I agree, "I love you" from many people isn't a biggy, but from her there is a background of manipulation and she just isn't someone I feel safe allowing to be super close. Still the actual words themselves aren't the issue.
Anyway, thanks [/quote]

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