Dear Abby weighs in on a strained relationship with a mother-in-law. motortion - stock.adobe.com

DEAR ABBY: My relationship with my mother-in-law has been rocky for the nine years I’ve been married to her daughter. She has been very hurtful at times, saying things like, “You’re not welcome [in her house].” She has never accepted me.

She was recently unable to stay within the boundaries my wife and I set with her when she visited us. We had asked her to keep it light and just enjoy lunch together, but she started telling us my wife should apologize to her niece over a trivial misunderstanding. When I asked her to leave, she started crying and said, “I’m so disappointed that my first-born married such an awful human being.” Advice? — DISRESPECTED IN RHODE ISLAND

DEAR DISRESPECTED: Cle

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