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[quote=Anonymous]People who don't experience it themselves are never going to get it. Some will be understanding and not push it, but MIL's response doesn't surprise me. From her perspective, it feels like you don't like her or her family. She probably wishes she could have a closer relationship with you, and might be upset that your kids and DH miss you when you don't come on trips. Sorry, no advice here except to know it's going to happen and hold your ground. I get similar stuff from my own family - I'm not as bad as you but really don't like big social situations and never have - and they take it as an insult when I leave a wedding after an hour. They don't see it as, "oh, this is really hard for her and she put in a big effort to come as long as she did" they see it as "everyone else is having fun and she left so early because she doesn't want to be around us" [/quote]
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