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DILBERT ScottAdams PEARLSBEFORESWINE StephanPastis PICKLES BrianCrane BABYBLUES JerryScott&RickKirkman THEDUPLEX GlennMcCoy ZITS JerryScott&JimBorgman SHERMAN'SLAGOON JimToomey ARGYLESWEATER ScottHilburn BIZARRO DanPiraro DEARAMY»Myin-laws always seem to feel the need to comment on people's weight, either right to their faces at a family function or gossip- ing about it behind their backs. Ironically, they are not exactly thin. My brother- in-law and his wife are quite heavy (my brother- in-law much more so), but his parents (my in-laws) only comment about his wife, exaggerat- ing her weight over his. My mother-in-law has said to my daughter, in front of everyone at Thanksgiving, "You were pretty heavy there for a while, but you look pretty good now." My daughter is the recipient of at least one insult per visit. These comments are usually made during holidays, and with these zingers being hurled on a regular basis, people are not eager to be with them. My husband will never stand up to them, and he's in his 60s. Also, they never seem interested in anything we do, be it trips we've taken, movies or concerts we've seen or our jobs. Whatever we've done, they've either seen it, done it or put it down as something or some- where they would never go or do. We continue to inquire about their lives, but they just aren't interested in ours. I've known them for more than 30 years, and they've always been this way. I hope they see them- selves in this letter and think about how hurtful their actions are. —WeightDoesNot Equal Worth DEAR WEIGHT DOES NOT EQUAL » When I was a child, my own grand- parents lived across the country. We rarely saw them. But when- ever we did see them, my grandmother's only comments to her grand- children involved our weight, our looks and our relative standing (in attractiveness) to our cousins. Realistically, my grandmother might have had much more extensive conversations with my siblings and me, but once she called me a little fatty, my ears started ringing and I didn't hear any- thing else. As a parent, when a similar dynamic surfaced, I privately asked the in-law not to comment on weight, and they were very receptive to this correction. If your mother-in- law casually hurls one of these comments your way, in the moment you should say, "Please, let's not discuss our weight today." Your husband will never push back, possibly because he doesn't want to land in their crosshairs. Otherwise, concerning thei r be havi or — gas bag - ging on about themselves, hurling insults across the table, demonstrating a lack of interest in others — all of this simply means that family members will do their best to avoid spending time with them. This is too bad for all of you, and it is probably not the way they want to be remembered. 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