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[quote=Anonymous]Over the years I feel really burnt out as a mom. We have 3 different sets of “parents” between my husband and I and no one makes much of an effort to do anything for us or be supportive of us. No one is emotionally supportive and asks how we are doing or serves as a mentor with advice for life or raising kids in any way. No one travels to us. It’s been 4 years since anyone flew to us (no health issues or financial issues), it’s always about them and I often just feel overwhelmed with the one sidedness of the relationship. They don’t ask about us or our small children. They just talk about themselves and expect us to go there. I’ve been married to my husband for ten years and if I ever make conversation about myself or job or my kids or what’s going on they cut me off to talk about their random friends. What would you do in this situation? 
We have dutifully visited a few times a year for the last decade. When we see them things are fine but again it’s exhausted because every conversation is just focused on them. [/quote]

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