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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That letter brought back to many memories. My out-of-state inlaws visited far too often for the first year of my firstborn's life. [b]I was too green as a person [/b]and as a mom to be able to vocalize that it was too much. I actually do love my in-laws, and I appreciated their need to spend time with the baby, but I just wasn't wise enough at the time to put into words that I needed space, that I needed less time with a full house, that I needed time to establish myself as a mom vs. as a daughter-in-law, daughter or hostess. I had my share of less than stellar behavior in response to the frequent visits and at least one blow-out fight with sweet MIL, who took me to task for not making the trip to visit THEM more. Looking back now it seems all too simple, but that's hindsight for you. [/quote] I think a lot of nasty, vulgar MILs try to take advantage of DILs young age. Ironically, it is the DILs young age that sets these kinds of MILs off! [/quote]
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