Brooke Fox

So now Abby's come to us for advice on how to convince her husband she doesn't hate his mom.

She just really wanted to reconnect with him alone.

Brooke, what's your advice for how she can do that?

Not just your mother-in-law, to a lot of people.

The public.

No, but when you're talking to your husband about your mother-in-law, it's a really sticky, weird space, right?

Because that's his mom.

No matter how many negative feelings or how irritated you are, that's still his mom.

So he's going to defend her no matter what.

I would recommend not commenting at all about her behavior and just fall on the sword.

You're sorry.

And leave it at that.

Okay.

It's like, say less.

Say less and take the blame.

What do you think about that, Abby?

I mean, I think that there is something there, and yes, I should take some blame for, like, especially how I acted towards her, but...

I still feel like her staying that long without a conversation with either one of us was kind of inappropriate on her part.

So she doesn't like your advice.

Yeah, Brooke's advice just got rejected.