The Top 3 Trickiest Topics to Traverse with Your Mother-in-Law and Just How to Handle Them

1) Counseling

This is something that all parents give, regardless of legal status-in or not. However, when our mother-in-law offers us advice (especially undesirable persuasion), there is a certain formula to be followed in order to preserve our sanity. This is to thank her profusely!

In fact, we can take it one step further, and actually beat her and force her to punch Council, which accomplishes two things simultaneously: one - it will make her feel like her leadership is a special, two - as it makes it easy for us to be gracious and grateful. warning, however: Make sure that you keep your subject in a simple and inconsequential side, and although is May seem contradictory, to avoid all the issues related to professional advice or you'll probably get DILZ.ed (daughter-in-law Zinged)!

2) Shares

One of the biggest foibles we do when we enter into the role of daughter-in-law is wrong to expect that they share interests with our new MIL. (LOUD BUZZER SOUND HERE !)

Take movies, for example. You May be sitting around watching James Bond marathon on TNT during the Christmas holidays (the one you look forward to every year - a full seven days Bond! - hooray) and your MIL comes and says: "How can you watch those silly movies over and over again?'ve seen one You've seen them all! "Now, there is no gap other than the Grand Canyon who shares your likes and dislikes of its more than this example. So instead of launching into a diatribe about how each film is a masterpiece of epic riddled with brilliantly cast-star ensembles and jaw-dropping action scenes, not to mention how hot each Bond is worse than Sean Connery Daniel Craig, but take the easy route and match quickly, "You're so right! I can not tell the difference between Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore, and all plots are exactly the same!" As a mom out room with satisfaction the Cheshire Cat, just fluff your pillow and hide the remote.

Or think about the music! Your MIL may be watching an episode of "American Idol" and some poor sad soul begins to howl like a cat in heat, she will exclaim, "That girl can sing SURE! I guarantee that you will be in the top 10!" Or a really great professional bound to be an impressive singer, Simon Cowell and mom can only comment about her lack of fashion: "Can not they do something about its make-up her hair looks like a rat's nest, and it looks like you just? came from a homeless shelter!" enthusiastically agree with each assessment, and then go make yourself something to eat and try not to giggle while preparing her PB & J

3) giving

Ahh, the gift-giving. Now, listen up ladies. If your MIL calls to ask you what size you are, it's best to tell her that you were really feeling self-conscious about his weight lately and it's better to get an X-Large just to be safe. Do not reply with "Medium"or heaven forbid, a "small" or be prepared to end up with XXL in time for Christmas. And make sure to keep all the gifts for the MIL at least four seasons. There is nothing more humiliating than not being able to produce anything that may, on request, due to rapid re-gifting. As well, send a thank you note for each item, even if she protests and says that it is not necessary. (This is .)

And when it comes to buying gifts for my MIL, take this piece of advice from someone who has suffered many long years DILZ: Let your husband be the one to pick up all the gifts for his mom. Otherwise, you will be wasting your time and money, and instead of feeling good (it was thought that counts, right? No!) you'll end up feeling like something the dog dragged in. For example, you might have thought themselves to be very smart and picked up something that you are sure that anyone would love - Star Magazine subscription! (Who would not, right After all, every time she comes over you catch your reading!) But you came to learn that each weekly issue winds down in a hair salon - unread! (How is it unthinkable!) So, even if it is the responsibility of home shopping in general rests on the shoulders, give your husband the task of just this one thing. It will be worth your while to make sure he follows through on this one!