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dealing with MIL and nursery

I found out this morning that I'm expecting a baby girl. My MIL is super excited and I know for a fact she wants to be super hands on with everything. She's very artsy craftsy and that's fine but we don't share the same taste in style for a lot of things. I have a theme idea for the nursery and posted it online for a friend to see. My MIL jumps in and posts something related to my theme that looks really tacky. My concern is that she's going to be upset that I don't like her taste which will result in an argument between me and my husband. My husband has told her not to get me certain things before because I wouldn't like them but she went and did it anyway. I don't want her input or help in decorating the nursery but I know she will bug my husband about it or just buy something she finds cute to help decorate. I appreciate the gesture but I don't want her to feel hurt because she doesn't understand what I like. Any suggestions on what to do?

2014-11-11 11:56:26

David

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If she buys something you don't like don't use it. Or go shopping with her and show her what you like if you simply make it known you don't have the same taste in things and if she buys things you don't like she would just be wasting her money. She can't be mad that your taste differs from her's. If she is then tell her that it's silly to be mad over something so trivial.

2014-11-11 11:56:55

malaysia A