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The scariest story ever from the broom closet.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 378147" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Shari, just take what you can get and enjoy it while it lasts. If it doesn't last, just shrug and get on with things. It's what I have done over the years.</p><p></p><p>When I first started going out with husband, mother in law didn't like me. Not necessarily me, perhaps, but I was the first one looking likely to "take away one of the children". She doesn't like change, either, and I represented change. I know she did her best to warn husband off me, to fill his head with scary stories about my health problems and the likely problems I would have having children, for example. All sorts of stuff. Over the years I have worked hard to get on with her; not because I craved her approval, but because I knew it would help husband. When there are times that mother in law is being more difficult than usual, I keep my distance. When sis-in-law is visiting I keep my distance, because I don't want her to feel like I'm usurping her mother's affections. But I also do other stuff for mother in law unasked, because I know it makes her life easier, and making her life easier also makes husband's life easier. And over the years, she has come to appreciate me, I think, and we get on well.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that you and TwoBrooms will ever be best buddies, but if you play it cool and calm, then any faults in the relationships can be laid at her feet and not yours.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 378147, member: 1991"] Shari, just take what you can get and enjoy it while it lasts. If it doesn't last, just shrug and get on with things. It's what I have done over the years. When I first started going out with husband, mother in law didn't like me. Not necessarily me, perhaps, but I was the first one looking likely to "take away one of the children". She doesn't like change, either, and I represented change. I know she did her best to warn husband off me, to fill his head with scary stories about my health problems and the likely problems I would have having children, for example. All sorts of stuff. Over the years I have worked hard to get on with her; not because I craved her approval, but because I knew it would help husband. When there are times that mother in law is being more difficult than usual, I keep my distance. When sis-in-law is visiting I keep my distance, because I don't want her to feel like I'm usurping her mother's affections. But I also do other stuff for mother in law unasked, because I know it makes her life easier, and making her life easier also makes husband's life easier. And over the years, she has come to appreciate me, I think, and we get on well. I'm not saying that you and TwoBrooms will ever be best buddies, but if you play it cool and calm, then any faults in the relationships can be laid at her feet and not yours. Marg [/QUOTE]
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