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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And hand over responsibility to your husband for sending gifts to his family. If you want, you can put dates on the calendar but it is up to him to do it. I dropped the rope on that several years ago and it is freeing. And it will help you resent your husband a little less. [/quote]

Yeah, this is what I should probably do - I just worry that it doesn't get done. And everyone is right to say, oh well, natural consequences, but I actually like my MIL and don't want her to think we don't care. Maybe I'll tell him I'll send a card and everything else is on him.[/quote]

If it doesn't get done and she's hurt, she can take it up with the son she raised.

By the way, if you have daughters, you are modeling for them that women are responsible for family dynamics AND how people feel. If you have sons, you are teaching them that gifts and acknowledgments and holidays and family connections are women's work.

Stop. The. Cycle.

Your kids gave you home made cards. That is nice and appropriate. Now stop sniveling and order yourself some nice take-out and enjoy it with them. Then, let them watch a movie while you take a bath and read or watch Netflix. Cheers![/quote]

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