Contented In-Laws: Rule #42 - Reassure Them When They Complain

You don't come over enough / you just don't like them / you have changed / you don't phone them enough

Rather than getting into an argument where you feel so hurt and misunderstood, it’s time to cut the umbilical cord and reassure yourself that you are no longer the people pleaser, but an adult who is going to act responsibly yet appropriately; And you will act considerately yet give yourself significance for being on this universe.

The Steps of Reassurance:

1) You love them, you really, really do.

2) You want to do this your own way.

3) If they react badly to that, then you feel very sorry for them.

4) You are still going to do this your way.

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Rule #7 - The Laundry Basket

Always, always, always have your own laundry basket. It may be fun sharing all the chores for a while, but be sure to keep your knickers to yourself!

This may seem insignificant to you, and you may think 'what's in a laundry basket?' The amount of DILs who have made this mistake is shocking. They meekly allow for their own lingerie to be washed with their father-in-law's y-fronts, and then cringe when MIL hangs out the washing on the line - MILs cotton nighty with FILs vest next to your shocking pink bra.

A lot of women dont like to cause a fuss over a laundry basket - especially when your MIL will later announce 'I see all my family as one and dont see the reason for there to be any separation in the laundry' but take heart. Not only with this give you privacy with your most inmate apparel, but it will also give you a lightened workload. You will automatically decrease two adult's washing, drying and folding and it will also give your MIL the initiative to do some of her private chores herself.

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Rule #42 - Reassure Them When They Complain

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