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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No more vacations with this toxic monster. No more visits, either. Go out of your way to avoid 
MIL.

Stay -as PP mentioned- dumb and cheerful, respectfully quiet, polite and crisp, never rude. Say very little. Share no thoughts/dreams/plans/concerns and certainly no details about your health, career, personal or family life. No funny stories. Turn yourself into the most benign, banal boring robot of a person.

If things should get heated like MIL ramps up to launch into a tirade against you or  weird criticism you leave the scene. Just walk out. Leave the table. Leave the party. Drive home.

Never expect an apology. You’ll never get one. Don’t wait for an opportune time to vent, either.

[b]As my therapist says, [b]you shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells waiting anticipating when and if you’ll be the target of this person’s wrath.[/b][/b]

My MIL now has a dementia related condition and I’ve never felt more free. Sad, but true. The dragon has been slayed.[/quote]

This is exactly how I feel with my mother who always had a nasty streak, but it got worse with age, and how we used to feel with alcoholic MIL before her organs gave out from all the alcohol.[/quote]

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