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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like it's not intentional. He's coddled and his wife handles those things. I'm not saying it should be her responsibility because she's the wife, but it sounds like she has taken the lead on that. He wants to see you, but maybe he doesn't know the kids schedules, maybe he doesn't want to just invite you over without his wife's approval and he doesn't ask her. Because he's used to things like Easter and birthdays just automatically happening out of thin air. I would honestly just try coordinating with her if she's open to that, instead of clearing your calendar and hoping they are available. I think you can honestly say, "its a shame the summer has passed and we've barely seen each other, Larla is growing so fast and we don't live very far away, how can we make more time together, especially with school starting?" Make it a project that you, bro, and SIL are jointly working through instead of the passive "oh, it would be nice to get together, its been so long..." whether that is a weekly dinner at alternating houses, or whatever.[/quote]

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