What's the best way to stand up to my mother about Christmas and to handle her jealousy about our better relationship with my partner's parents? She's determined to make the holiday season into a zero sum game with my partner's mother [more inside]
posted by Flitcraft on Nov 22, 2009 - 41 answers

What to do when parental pressure to visit goes nuts and leads to crazy allegations? [more inside]
posted by Flitcraft on Jun 15, 2006 - 19 answers

Christmas family hell come early - how can I best deal with my mother's counterproductive Xmas related nagging? ( I'll post more inside) [more inside]
posted by Flitcraft on Nov 1, 2004 - 26 answers