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LOL Di! I will recognise yours cos she will be with mine :)))) Jo - I think Shaz is right here, it's possible your dil is sat there thinking the same thing as you. Could your son perhaps mediate between you? There could be a simple misunderstanding that could be easily sorted out. Don't miss the chance to be involved with your grandson's life, they grow away so fast. My 16 year old can count on one hand the number of times he's seen his grandparents (on that side anyway!). Love Mandy xx

lifes too short for fallings outxxx(:

My parents-in-law are now dead. I got on extremely well with my mother-in-law Eddie (her full name was Edna Maud Doris, so you can see why she preferred Eddie!). I could talk to her about everything (including some things I couldn't discuss with my own Mum). We enjoyed the same books, we went to the theatre and cinema together and had the same sense of humour. She was a very bubbly, bright person, very caring of others and thoughtful. In her retirement she took up sculpture and had an exhibition, which she was very proud of. I am very glad that she was able to see her first grandchild (my eldest son) walk and talk, but I am sad he doesn't remember her. My father in law was very quiet and hardly spoke to me. However, when he visited me in hospital after I'd had my first son he gave me a huge hug and said "as long as you're all right". This meant a lot, as he and Eddie's first child died shortly after birth and Eddie herself nearly died. nell

I've always been puzzled about the feelings between daughter in laws and mother in laws. I've never clung onto my son though I love him dearly and I've never interferred in their lives. Don't understand it really. Jo.