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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She may have you babysit this weekend but she will see you as free labor rather than as a cherished woman in her child's (and her) life. The wedge you constructed will be there too. and you have helped her design and build it for her daughter too. You may have been 100% right (wow science apparently can back you up!) but you really lost something here OP - especially as you continue to build your defenses and cling to your righteousness. I am a new MIL and I keep note of acts like this as guides of how not to be.[/quote]

This was a pic taken with my cell phone today when my daughter and I went to visit my mother. This wasn't planned[/quote]

I have no problem with the picture itself. I have taken 4 gen pictures with both of my living grandparents.

The problem is that there is clearly an underlying problem otherwise she'd never get bent about a picture like that. To your original point, she posted the meme BEFORE you posted this photo so there was already hurt feelings.

What you should have said, and what would have been so easy to say is, 'next time Larla is visiting great-grand Larla we'll do a picture with Larlo her and me! I want this photo with all my grandchildren!'

Voila, inclusive, appropriate, not taking away from your own DD but also making sure you son and his DD feel like a part of the family. My brother has the same 4 gen picture with my grandfather, himself, my mother and his son.

You also seem resentful about watching your DIL's kids. Which basically says it all, my parents are always so excited to see my DD, they don't grudgingly complain about having to babysit.[/quote]

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