I can't figure out one damn thing to do to get any kind of positive reaction out of her right now. I just cannot find it in me to detach from her even though I moved out to do so. Maybe that will change when I get a new job.
I think that I am being positive towards her, but it seems like anything we discuss sets her off on the defensive. We were discussing my MIL and her taking the kids away for spring break and I end up feeling like no matter what I do, I am either the bad guy, unreasonable, or the doormat by agreeing to whatever she wants.
Then STOP. Trying trying to please her, and stop worry about how she'll react to things. In every situation, simply try to DO THE RIGHT THING. Do the thing that God Himself would have you do, if He were standing right in front of you.
And then be at peace about it.
It's liberating. Living your life on egg shells, trying to placate others, is no way to live a life at all.
