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[quote=Anonymous]I've gotten closer to my MIL by talking about "deeper" issues than the daily and mundane. Her mother's end of life issues, whatever challenges are going on in our lives at the time, etc. My in-laws are old-fashioned midwestern farmers, and I'm an east coast urbanite, so our daily lives are very different. Reaching a bit deeper has given us a connection we would not have had if we limited ourselves to surface issues. To be honest, though, those deeper conversations did not begin until several years in, when her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Had I realized earlier that we sort of needed something to bond over, I would have looked harder to find what that might be. I can easily hang with her alone now, since we "broke the ice."[/quote]
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