Hi , Becky , what's up ?
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user
Not much , except that my mother-in-law is driving me up the wall .
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assistant
What's the problem ?
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user
She loves to nit-pick and criticizes everything that I do . I can never do anything right when she's around .
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assistant
For example ?
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user
Well , last week I invited her over to dinner . My husband and I had no problem with the food , but if you listened to her , then it would seem like I fed her old meat and rotten vegetables . There's just nothing can please her .
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assistant
No , I can't see that happening . I know you're a good cook and nothing like that would ever happen .
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user
It's not just that . She also criticizes how we raise the kids .
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assistant
My mother-in-law used to do the same thing to us . If it wasn't disciplining them enough , then we were disciplining them too much . She also complained about the food we fed them , the schools we sent them too , and everything else under the sun .
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user
You said she used to ? How did you stop her ?
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assistant
We basically sat her down and told her how we felt about her constant criticizing , and how we welcomed her advice but hoped she'd let us do our things . She understood , and now everything is a lot more peaceful .
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user
That sounds like a good idea . I'll have to try that .
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