The article offers advice to a person struggling with their critical mother-in-law's upcoming visit. It suggests that the husband take on hosting responsibilities to avoid the recipient feeling targeted by complaints. Additionally, it proposes a humorous approach to dealing with criticism by creating a shared document humorously titled "Grandma's one-star Yelp reviews of our home," to list her negative remarks. This allows the family to cope with her disapproval more positively. Ultimately, the goal is to minimize stress and foster a lighter atmosphere during her visit.
I realize that division of labor in a household is often set up the way it is because of things like work schedules and each person's strong suits, and it isn't easy to change. But is there any way you could place your husband in charge of the vast majority of the work around hosting-and pleasing-his mother?
If your husband is on board with this and doesn't find it upsetting, start a list in a shared document called 'Grandma's one-star Yelp reviews of our home' and write down all of her complaints.
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