Avoid saying these things with toxic in-laws, experts say

If your mother-in-law is giving you Livia Soprano or Bunny MacDougal vibes, take a beat before you snap back with a zinger you can’t take back. 

Marriage and family therapist Sara M. Klein, LMFT, says the key to dealing with a meddling MIL is to bite your tongue — and when in doubt, play it like a National Geographic docuseries.

“One strategy I might use,” Klein recently told PureWow in an interview, “is to pretend you are an anthropologist and just observe and describe. This will help with judgments.”