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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you, OP.

The worst is when they expect you to help out all the time, but have no interest in doing anything for you. I'm perfectly happy to help people, but it's important to give back. I don't understand the entitlement of some of my relatives who expect family to always do stuff for them, but not reciprocate.[/quote]

I agree with you on this and often feel guilty that I am not reciprocating enough with my parents and ILs who help out A LOT.  However, I have two very young kids so in order to help them, I would need someone to babysit, which would usually be them.  So, not really much of a help to them.  But I do try to be inclusive whenever possible and invite them out to do fun things with us as opposed to always asking them to babysit only when I need/want to go out.  I hope they know that once the kids get older, I will have the ability to be more helpful (and since my parents are pretty young, I know they will need more help in 10-15 years than they do now).

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