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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Looks like this thread has been beat to death while I was gone but for what it's worth, here is some more context and some answers.

1.  Yes, it's true, I don't like my MIL very much.  You'll see why in a second.
2.  She is pretty unhappy with our religious state.  We didn't get married in a church, she cried.  I didn't change my last name (she believes in male head of household), she complained openly to anyone who would listen.  We didn't baptize, told her we weren't going to, she brought my husband's baptism outfit to our home 2 weeks after delivery and cried.
3.  I have zero objection to her praying in our home or at our table.  And I do it her way at her home with no protest.  But the mechanics of what happens when she is at our place is that she and her husband physically grab the hands of the people sitting next to them and start praying out loud.  
4.  I've never addressed it before.  I've sat there and seethed, but have never said anything in the interest of keeping the peace.  But now that our kid is here, I want him to know that mom and dad's beliefs are respected in OUR home, and that we respect others in THEIR homes. 
5.  Yes, I could be gracious and suck it up but I just can't anymore.  She has not only ignored the choices about how we handle religion, she's bulldozed them.

Hope that helps.  I'm a gracious host.  I search out a mass schedule every time she comes.  I sent her an interesting book on Catholicism I thought she'd like.  I've tried to make this work.  I'm done.[/quote]

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