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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because DHs are less PITA and easier going than DWs. [/quote]

This is not true. I think women stay closer to their parents and are better at managing relationships. Sons mangle their relationships and the wives suffer. [/quote]

“Managing relationships”?

I think you mean the need to control relationships. [/quote]

NP but not at all. We mean being the ones to coordinate, stay in touch, communicate, organize events, etc. Often the guys just...do not really care / can't be bothered, and the emotional and logistical work generally falls on the women. Are you a man?? [/quote]

If a guy doesn’t care enough to do this with his own family, then why, absent a compelling need to control the situation, do you?  To toss this into the pile of work getting dumped on you, it isn’t. You’re picking it up all on your own. And there’s a reason for that. So take a good long look at yourself because that’s where the problem lies.

If your husband does dump this on you, tell him to FO and grow up. Interacting with his family isn’t your job. And if you make it your job, do so voluntarily. [/quote]

And lots of us have refused to have this dumped on us. Then the inlaws get angry. It's a vicious cycle that starts with a son who doesn't want to talk with his parents. [/quote]

Then you aren’t “managing” your principal relationship very well, are you?[/quote]

DH and I have a fantastic relationship. He just doesn't like to call, text or visit his parents. [/quote]

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