how do u cope with seeing difficult pil?

[bigboydiditandranaway]

Any tips, what do u do keep your cool and keep your sanity.

Smile and nod.Seethe inwardly.When kids in bed,throw things at wall

Have you got this months Pyschologies mag? Article in there about in laws - called In Laws or Outlaws...I thought was quite good! I do sympthathise...I have a foreign MIL and while things are good now, the early days were hell

Gin helps; I get the MIL sozzled and she nods off in the corner and leaves me in peace, then I halp myself to a large g&t to celebrate

Nell - my MIL is tee total for religous reasons....I had to grin and bear it

if i got my mil drunk she'd start dancing on the table,she does this with her posh friends

Oh good grief, you both have my pity

BigBoy - you need some herbal laxatives or something....she'll spend all her time in the shitter and you can serenely watch TV and make appropriate sympathy noises when she emerges ashen from the loo