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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi DCUM! I'm feeling the need to ask for feedback about this as I find it so odd, but it is so similar between my mother and MIL that sometimes I wonder if I am missing something or if this is normal behavior?

We live 3 hours from my MIL, 5 hours from my mother. We have lived in this town (not DC) for 11 years, so they have visited frequently throughout the years and gotten to know our city well. The weird thing is, both MIL and mom will visit the city, without telling us ahead of time, and will not ask to see our kids or visit us when they are here. I work from home and would be available for a visit. 
My MIL will approximately quarterly drive to get her hair done or shop in our city, then text on the way home that she was in town. My mother will stop in for a weekend to see her friends and only text as an afterthought, "Oh, I'm in town, can you bring the kids to the hotel to visit me?" (as we live 30 minutes south of the city in a rural area).

This is... not normal, right? Why do they do this? What the heck is that? Just....what? Why?

Not sure whether to be hurt, angry, sad, confused... all of the above?

Thanks, all! [/quote]

Nope not normal .. weird mind games to text you after driving 5 hours to your town and not popping in … sorry![/quote]

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