I think there is a certain amount of “jealousy” on the part of my DiL, but she has covered it well with wily manipulation of my son. He has no idea what her motives are, just that he hangs on every word, and seems to think she is smarter than anyone else in the entire world.
I see her for what she is. She is out to re-make him in her own image, and that disturbs me. She is slowly but surely driving a wedge between my son and I, and I think she is pleased about it.
No good can come of it in the long run, but I have never given her reason to dislike me. I have always been cordial and polite, and swallowed any feelings of hurt and/or hostility that have arisen with some of the things she has done.
My son is oblivious.
Yeah, sorry about that. We men can be pretty stupid in the presence of a skirt that we’re not related to.
It’s apparently genetic.