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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP 7:12 and wanted to say that my local IL go to my kids' sports events. It's over the top and smothering. MIL insists she be treated like royalty; often forgets a chair, so DH leaves to fetch her one, insists that she'll chat the entire time (usually to me), to the exclusion of all other parents. She once berated me because I left the stands to sit next to another friend. Told me she felt disrespected. Her own DH and my DH were there.

DH emails the schedule. I hate that they go to very game. It's all about my MIL and "face time." Also infuriating that is all so shallow. ILs couldn't name one friend of DC. Can't come to any religious or academic event. Not interested. But, if we forget to tell them when a game is...[/quote]

I have a lot of sympathy for you.  We are in a similar situation, though my ILs are actually very nice and interested in my kids' teammates, just way overly obsessed with the kids' sports.  They were so over the top with their cheering that one of my kids banned them from most of her sporting events (soccer was OK because there was a lot of sideline noise, but they weren't allowed to attend her basketball games or cross country meets).

My FIL was permitted to attend my son's college showcase events only after swearing that he would not approach any college coaches or scouts to talk about our son.  He was absolutely incorrigible.  At one event my DH dropped him off near the field and elicited the usual promise to keep to himself.  After he parked the car, he returned to find FIL in the coach's tent.  Every single coach who recruited our son mentioned they had chatted with his grandfather at multiple events.  We laugh about it now, but it was maddening at the time.  [/quote]

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