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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She seems like a wonderful MIL. She gives you generous gifts, lives independently and is healthy and well off (doesn’t live w you, doesn’t need your help), she is a nice person (you said so yourself!) I understand that you feel annoyed she doesn’t understand your situation but honestly, you need to let that go. There are so many ways things could be way worse…so what if you can’t really “relate” to her? You get along w her and have no major gripes w her? Sounds like you are very fortunate indeed.[/quote]

I truly do not understand why you need for her to understand how much harder life is for you.

My advice is to realize that MIL is not the person who will provide sympathy for your daily situation in the grind of child-rearing and FT work. Try meeting up with some girl friends or seek therapy if you are looking for this type of acknowledgement or validation. Your MIL is not that person, she is 75 and it is not reasonable to expect her worldviews to change at this point. [/quote]

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