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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. My inlaws (MIL and stepdad) are of average intelligence at best, and not very sophisticated, while my husband is one of the smartest people I've ever met and just savvy about life in general. Whereas my husband is really invested in equal parenting and making sure my career advances, my inlaws, like yours, treat my job like a cute hobby and turn to me as the default for everything related to the kids even when it's something my husband or our nanny handles (in fact, they actually refuse to understand/acknowledge that we need FT child care...). They make rude and hurtful comments about my appearance (which btw I'm not overweight and look much better than either of them did at my age, much less now... good God), while my husband would never dream of making a rude comment about someone else's appearance (even if it were true).

Basically they're terrible and I dread being in their company, awaiting whatever awkward or offensive thing they will say next. All I can say is that learning to deal with them must have helped shape my husband into the kind, adaptable person he is today. Yeeesh. It's completely baffling. [/quote]

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