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[quote=Anonymous]My sister in law and brother in law are kinda like this. They only point out negative things, never positive. We undertook a massive renovation a few years ago and the results were great - our architect got pics of the work featured in a few design publications. So SIL and BIL only ever remarked on items that needed work prior to the reno (which we didn't mind and agreed with because we had bought the house knowing that we'd be doing a top-down renovation and we're well aware of flaws). But after the renovation was finished? Not one word about the place looking nice or even different. The first time they came over after the work was finished, they just asked questions like - are you glad everything's done now? They also pointed out things to criticize - like that our new smartlock system was "hard to figure out" (it's not). I found their behavior pretty ofd but it's in line with how they are generally. For whatever reason, some people have a very hard time dispensing compliments or praise. But the negative stuff comes super easily. Thankfully, DH is not like his siblings in this respect - but I doubt I would have married someone who parses out positivity like it's a rare commodity to hoard. [/quote]

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