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[quote=Anonymous]I agree its a weird control thing. Here's what worked for me. A few years ago my FIL got on my daughter about how many strawberries she was eating. She'd apparently eaten 6 strawberries in a hour. I pulled my daughter aside and said "please let me know what you'd like to eat and I'll go and get it for you. Strawberries are expensive and there are a lot of us here so Poppy can't afford to feed us all." I knew full well that what I'd said would make its way back to my FIL. Sure enough my daughter told Grandma that she was sorry for eating all the food and how Poppy can't afford to feed us all. FIL got wind of this and all of a sudden my daughter was allowed to have as much as she wants. 
Why did I do this you ask? Because when I first met my wife I was a grad student and my FIL told me that he didn't think I could afford to have a family and that I wasn't worthy of his daughter because I didn't have much. So yeah I went for the throat. Now every time we visit Poppy puts on a show so we know that he can take care of the family. "[/quote]

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