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Nov 11, 2010
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by: Anonymous

How about sending a kind and fun reply, i.e., Thank you for the e-mail and attachment. There is some useful information to be found there and elsewhere. I am also attaching something I just found :-)

(then attach an article about etiquette and boundaries for in-laws and advice they should and should not give)

I would run this by your spouse first. I wish I would have set some boundaries like this 23 years ago because I am still being run over.

May 08, 2010
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Best to leave it at a "maybe" as an answer
by: Eunice replies

I would be annoyed too.

The question to ask yourself is, would you want to be caught in a 'fight' if you replied and told her that she crossed the line?

I don't know your mother in law but maybe she just found this free guide online and thought it was of great value and merely decided to share it?

Maybe it was not personal at all - meaning she does not think that you have bad manners but thought you'd appreciate a free book on dining etiquette?

Just trying to look at things from a different perspective.

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