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Sussexgirl65
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MY MIL seems not to like me
      23/07/2008 17:30

Hi there

Not sure what advice I am looking for other than any similar experiences, but my MIL seems not to like me and I have no idea why. She NEVER asks after me when speaking to my husband on the phone - her first question is normally how is the dog (not me, the cuddly kind!!). My FIL almost always does the same. They never ask after me when I am with them - never ask how I am, what I have been up to, etc etc. When I first met them they seemed more interested, and now I feel invisible. Often MIL is rude to me - commenting on things I say, so that I never know what to say or ask her anymore, for fear of being 'picked' on. Recently we spent a week away with them, and it was hard work - drove me to tears a few times, though I went to my bedroom to do this. She tried to pick on my 'failings' and even tried to talk about me to my husband the moment I left the room. I am not rude to her, I do ask her questions and am polite and courteous. I hate confrontation.

I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but I am beginning to feel angry that she and FIL don't ask after me on the phone. We have spent quite a bit of time with them this year, and when she and I are alone I try to make conversation, but now I am thinking that life is too short to waste time on such a rude person, and it takes a lot to make me feel so angry.

Phew.

Have any of you suffered the same treatment from MIL in particular? Are any of you MILs who don't like their DILs?

Sussexgirl

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. * * Re: MY MIL seems not to like me Sussexgirl65   24/07/2008 12:00
. * * Re: MY MIL seems not to like me carrieb   24/07/2008 13:22
. * * Re: MY MIL seems not to like me Sussexgirl65   24/07/2008 16:18
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