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Some advice, please...

Posted by: jack
Date: 11/24/2004 10:46:18 AM

I work with my mother in law and my wife in a sales type job. My mother in law is pretty much the person in charge, my wife is a sales person and I handle all of the technical aspects.

She is usually nice, but some times I swear I think she is trying to tick me off! She will ask a question I will answer it in the most direct way I know and she will say that I did not listen to the question; when the real problem is she did not listen to the answer. She asks why a task is not been completed when she has not even assigned the task (new tasks not remedial). Its not that specifically that I find so irritating, its the way she expresses it. She does it in a belittling tone sometimes boarding belligerent. She makes me feel stupid. And it is more irritating when she does it to my wife! Although I figure my wife has dealt with this all her life and I stay out of it. But it still irritates me. I love my mother in law, but my anger is building with every little nudge. Maybe I am crazy but it seems like she pushes just enough to keep me from blowing up and then she does somthing nice, it seems like a game!

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