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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIL agreed to help while OP recovers. MIL is not being helpful so it is understandable why the OP is annoyed. It's not like OP asking MIL to do anything unusual- making meals, taking out the trash, etc are all fairly standard. If MIL didn't want to help or couldn't, then she shouldn't have agreed to help. The kids go to daycare. So what does MIL do all day besides talk to OP?

With that being said, I wouldn't say anything and just try to wait out the two weeks. Take this visit as a lesson for the future. [/quote]

+1.  Your complaining is justified.  You had surgery and mil was asked to help.  Your mil might not know how to cook and is embarrassed.  Ask your dh to cook all the meals.  Better yet ask dh to take leave right now.  If you complain to mil, it will only be awkward and affect your relationship.  Ask her to take the kids out of the house to play, ask her to drive the kids, ask her to do things that she would like to do.  She likes to talk, ask her to help kids with homework and play with the little one.

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