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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I totally get it. My MIL is kind of the same way. She acts nice and helpful but that is because she relishes being "the mom." And since she's not [i]my[/i] mom, and she's not [i]my kid's[/i] mom, and because my husband's primary relationship is with me, when she's acting like "the mom" she is walking all over the boundaries we should have between her and us as a married couple and as parents of our own children. It's annoying when she's in my house....it would be a million times worse if we had to stay in her house for any significant period of time. You already have a loss of control, not having your own home--feeling like someone else is encroaching on your role as a wife and mother (even if well-intended) has got to be annoying as hell. Vent away. It's tough to live with someone who doesn't respect you--and it's totally possible for her to love you, and to want to be helpful, but to not respect you--to perceive you more like a child, as your husband is to her, and not as an equal.  [/quote]

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