It's tough before one has the hindsight to realize that one needn't (and shouldn't be put through) that bullpucky.I used to have in-laws like that- judgy, superior, critical buttheads. I used to run around trying to hide my smoking from them because I didn't want them to look down on me.
I'm divorced now, and I would NEVER let anyone tell me what to do or how to do it ever again. You don't like me for me? Don't invite me. You don't like what I do in my own house? There's the door.
I'm not changing who I am for anyone.
I feel for the guy.