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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I couldn’t care less about DH sibling’s kids. Sorry, not sorry. I too could go the rest of my life without seeing them and be fine with it. I also assume DH feels the same about my family, I expect as much and as just fine with it. Truth be told, I tolerate my nieces and nephew, that’s the extent. I save my energy and love for my own kids. [/quote]

Some of us have enough energy and love for more people than that. Is your heart too sized too small?
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I’m a NP, but yes, my heart IS too small. You want to know why?  My widowed mother is going crazy and refusing to move. My MIL is also crazy and driving my husband crazy. I got called into HR this week because I didn’t want to read my crazy co worker’s book - which she took offense to and reported me. My husband worked 80 hours this week. I have a special needs kid who has had 18,000 tantrums this week. I also have two other kids.  We are moving in two months and the paper work is killing me. My best friend has cancer.

I’ve bought hundreds of dollars of presents for our friend’s kids and my kid’s friends because I love them and care about them, and they love us equally.

So no, I am going to skip sending a birthday present to my husband’s brother’s kid. 1. Because I have no idea when their birthday is 2. I’ve seen that kid approximately twice in the past three years. 3. I don’t think my BIL even knows we HAVE three kids.

I sincerely do not care one iota if that kid gets a random amazon card This year, nor does my husband. I would rather put the time and effort into my real friends (and their kids) than my BIL. [/quote]

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