[Candice81]

My MIL is distant, both geographically and emotionally. I get along with her just fine, but she doesn't take much of an interest in our lives. Recently, I have gotten close to one of my husband's aunts and she has been very involved with us and our daughter. Now it seems my MIL is jealous of the relationship we have with the aunt. I'm not quite sure how to handle this because my MIL is the one who keeps us at arms length...we didn't want it to be that way. Any thoughts?

[FinallyHome]

Unfortunately I am all too familiar with this kind of situation. Is it possible to ask her and the aunt out to do something with the family at the same time, not every time but just once in a while? If she won't accept an invitation (or can't, as you said she's geographically distant) then I guess just having a conversation could help heal things up.

[Manning]

I don't know if it would work, but since your mother-in-law is the one being distant and she lives away from you, what about calling her more often? If you do, it might help her to warm up to you and not be so jealous about the aunt.