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" Whenever your mother-in-law visits for dinner, she makes derogatory comments about your cooking and house cleaning. Your in-laws are coming over for a big family get-together on Mother&amp;#039;s Day. How to respond to these remarks?  1) Let it slide. 2) Complain to your husband and let him set her straight. 3) Pull your mother-in-law aside if she makes a comment and politely explain to her that the remarks hurt your feelings. The correct answer: (3) Since you&amp;#039;re honoring your mother-in-law by cooking her dinner on Mother&amp;#039;s Day, I say it&amp;#039;s not too much to ask that she refrain from making disparaging remarks--now and in the future. But you&amp;#039;ve got to speak up, gracefully. If she says something that gets to you, pull her aside and calmly tell her: &amp;quot;That comment you made really hurt my feelings.&amp;quot; Then wait to give her a chance to respond. Enlisting your husband&amp;#039;s help is an option, if he can respond to what his mother says with tact and even humor. If your relationship with your mother-in-law is hostile or the situation formal, you may have to grin and bear it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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