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Dinner with my MIL ...
... is clearly why wine was invented 
I'm keeping it short, but just had to share that.
Re: Dinner with my MIL ...
LOL. Yeah ... after I posted that, I thought maybe I should have said more. I'm sure people hate to click on a post and then see something short like that.
Really, though, it was just my way of venting about a typical night with MIL. I have to accept that conversations with her will often be, ahem, challenging at best. She's certainly not changing at this point.
So, yeah, wine is good!
I once participated in a conversation with my FIL simply by reaching for a wine bottle and pouring a glass of wine while he detailed why America should build a wall along the Mexican boarder and expell illegal aliens. I actually remember the color of the wine bottle. (Lesson learned, I didn't actually have to use words while he talked!)
We don't vote for the same politicians.
LOL.
With my MIL, it's about her TV shows (which I don't watch), who should win the Academy Awards (which I also don't watch) and, of course, a generous helping of her suggestions on the various places where DH should apply for jobs if he's unhappy with his current workplace. Sigh.
DH and I literally dont' know what to talk to them about anymore.
So- I hear you on the wine.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
Me: 29 DH: 36
November 2008 Dx FvL by Hematologist
February 2013 Dx PCOS, MTHFR, and PAI-1 by ObGYN
May 2013 TTC begins!
Mine are social misfits who don't know what it is to hold a convo. I also can't stand them, we have 0 in common and we have 0 to talk about. So we sit in silence where they sit with fake smiles plastered on their faces, I hear the same 5 family stories, they talk about how their house is cleaner then the next persons, twho they think is trailer park trash, how much their high end applicances cost and I just sit there and smile. The most I say to them is "Did you hit any traffic coming here" or "The weather is so nice out". I drink too, they don't bc they think it makes them "better" then someone who drinks and I could give two craps if I get the side eye. Acually, I hardly ever see them and their visits are minimal and I just focus on my baby not them
It's threads like this where I'm so glad my MIL is awesome. We've bonded over margaritas more than once.
Awkward conversations suck. I made the mistake of bringing up an article I read that supported an opposing opinion to another of DH's relatives. I was lectured. Apparently climate change is a load of crock and there's not to be any mention of it. Oops.