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[quote=Anonymous]Totally different family dynamics here, but DH's parents live few hours away from us by plane and try to see us every 6-8 weeks.  The kids are small and cute and growing quickly and we love to spend time with DH's family so we try to get together at least every couple of months for 4-7 days.  The only real limitation is my vacation time and $$ for plane tickets, but both sides make an effort to travel and I know that DH and his parents greatly appreciate that we get to see each other fairly often.  OTOH, I have put my foot down this year a bit since I'll be spending about 75% of my vacation time for the year with them and I want a couple of days for myself.  MIL is very good at wielding guilt, but she has never done it about the amount of time that we spend with them because she knows that we are making an effort.  In fact she has repeatedly thanked me for how much we do go to see them.

We also spend a lot of time on Skype and Facetime so my ILs get to talk to the kids for probably at least an hour every week, but DH has always talked to his family a lot so it's really just an extension of that.

Can you push back against the guilt trips and decide what you're comfortable with and limit it to that? [/quote]

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