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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take as much interest in DH's nieces/nephews as he does.[/quote]

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I know when my SILs children were young, SIL was really, really into parading her children around:  she would bring them into work, bring them to happy hour ("You have a baby - at a bar!" - yup, that's her)...you name it.  It became really, really inappropriate and disruptive.  But that is the epitome of SIL - self centered and inappropriate; everything is a double standard and great for her, but not anyone else.  It turns out, she is kind of an attention whore (go figure).  I know many people wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, but she never really proved anyone otherwise, and she was oblivious to her attention whore-ness. Everyone we knew mutually lost a ton of respect for her.  There were some behaviors on her part that went along with this, so that did not help her cause.  My DH could only do so much, in every way. SIL was really into trying got override DH, who was more than generous and more than accommodating.

It depends on both of the parents:  are you close to them?  Do you have anything in common?  Are they pleasant/agreeable/sociable/easy to get along with?  Do they make the effort when their children are not at the forefront/before they had children?  Are you only good when they need something?  How close/how did they treat the sibling (aunt/uncle) growing up?  Are they the inclusive type?

Some of it has to do with the aunt/uncle:  are they the youngest in their family/did they have younger people around them growing up/did they babysit more than most people?   Are they accustomed to having little people around?  If you are the youngest, usually you are not accustomed to having many, if any, younger people around.

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