How do you ladies do this ?

Sinibiju,

Just thought of stopping by to reply to your post, because the exact same thing happened to one of my close friends.

She also deals with her annoying MIL by giving her a "silent treatment".
I cant blame her for that, because her MIL is a typical "fault finder" and has a problem with every single thing. Even trivial things like - roti has to be a perfect circle, you are not supposed to put tomato in fish curry etc.

The last time I met her, my friend would just not respond to whatever her MIL was cribbing about. She would just do her usual stuff like watch TV or read a book as if her MIL is not around at all. It is a bit too hard on her MIL as she feels ignored , but I guess it helps my friend manage her day-to day routine without going crazy.