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Hi. I am once again having an issue with my mother in law and I am unsure as a Christian how I should deal with it. To be blunt I feel like cutting her out of my life altogether. But I do not think that is the Christian thing to do nor do I think it is doable. Well this is what is going on. Okay, about 6 or 7 years ago my husband and myself were planing a trip to a local amusement park. We were taking my husband's adult daughter and his granddaughter as well. My husband's daughter has two half sisters who were teenagers at the time. My husband and I felt it would be nice to invite them and pay for their way into the amusement park since they could not afford to pay on their own; and we felt kind of bad for them not being part of the fun. We were doing good money wise at the time so paying their way wasn't going to be something that was going to break us, and the park gave a discount if you bought a certain amount of tickets. So anyway this is what we did. We all had a great time and the two teenage girls were very happy and grateful we included them. And I had someone to ride the roller coasters with because my husband can't ride them. Well my mother in law found out that we paid for their way into the park and she will not let it go. This happen 6 or 7 years ago and to this day she is still criticizing us for paying for the two girl's way into the amusement park! Criticizing the two girls for not paying us back even though we never asked them nor expected them to do so. What we did had nothing to do with her. We did not ask her for money or anything at all. I have told her several times that what we did was our business and it was what we wanted to do at the time. But she continues to being it up criticizing us for spending our money on them. This is on going and brought up nearly every time we get together. She will not stop. I am unsure as to what is the best way to deal with it or how to make her understand that she is butting into something that was not her business. It is angering me a great deal! Thank You and God Bless.