| HELPFUL HINTS FROM DAUGHTERS-IN-LAWS |
| Here are hints from other daughters-in-law just like you. If you have a helpful hint to pass along, simply e-mail us with Helpful Hint as the subject and we'll add it to this page. |
| Imagining that my mother-in-law is eighty or ninety years old makes her seem much more tolerable. Although she is not nearly this old, imagining her to be so makes her constant health complaints, superficial gossip, and talk about how busy she is, when in fact she does almost nothing, seem more appropriate. |
| Caller ID is a lifesaver! |
| I have avoided family conflict by not answering the phone when she calls (we even got a custom ringing line and gave only them the number) and making my husband deal with her e-mails. |
| When my in-laws come to visit we try to schedule activities that don't require a lot of talk. We have found that movies are the best solution. |
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| I divorced my spineless husband and now I get along with his mother just fine-in fact I consider her one of my friends!! |
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| Just don't talk, let your husband do all of the work. Make no effort, maybe then she will get the hint that she is not your favorite person and should back off. |