Mojo: I really appreciate your viewpoint on this. I know she's made many concessions, and I have tried to be sensitive to that issue. She wields it like a sledgehammer sometimes, so I tend to just think, "yeah yeah, same old complaints." I have had fleeting thoughts of country living myself, recently, but I don't think it's particularly practical right now. Maybe just talking with her about it might give her a sense that I'm listening to her, and that I'm open to discussion.
And the lying thing, yeah. I just need to get over my fear of telling her that some of her rules make sense, but aren't necessarily practical.
