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[quote=Anonymous]Its very sad, but true. My in laws love our kids, I am sure, but they pay no attention to them, never call them (they live far away) or otherwise try and communicate with them, never come visit, and basically never express any interest in them. Our kids are little, and they get lots of attention from my family, which is great, but of course cannot replace not having a real substantive relationship with their other grandparents. I've tried so hard to cultivate this relationship - I send my in laws pictures (which they ignore or don't respond to), we try calling (they dont call back or barely speak to the children) etc. I feel so sick of trying, but I keep wanting to do this for my kids. It just seems so pathetic.

What's worse, my SIL now has children, and they get lots of attention from her parents. I don't know of this stems from favoritism for her over DH, or what. Our children are kind and loving to their grandparents; I just don't understand it.

To add to this, my SIL and BIL - both of whom I really like - can be really inconsiderate and even rude. We invite them to things and they never reply. They NEVER reciprocate. And now that they have kids of their own they really don't care about our kids, despite the fact that we babysit and pay attention to their kids.

I probably sound like a whiner. I have a great family and I actually really like DH's family. This may be a question with no answer, but what should I do? Nothing? There is probably nothing I can do, but its hurtful and I am confused. Do I just not think about it/care and just move on? What would you do?

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