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[quote=Anonymous]You're better than I am 01:14.  I was a good DIL but not the DIL they wished they had. They were hoping for a surrogate daughter (they had 2 boys) but I didn't accept that role.  I picked up right away they were clingy, dramatic and slyly manipulative.  I was respectful and open to spending time with them but I kept my distance emotionally and that was very irksome to them.  I had enough drama in my own family growing up.  It took me a long time to break away from it and I wasn't willing to participate in someone else's drama.  I also refused to be the communicator between DH and them.  It's his job to manage the relationship with his parents, not me.  DH and I were married 15 years when his mother died and his father died 2 years later.  As DH has reflected on his parents and their relationship with me, he's acknowledged that I was not wrong in my perceptions of his parents.  It was difficult for him to see because of his own issues with them.  So, yes, I was a good DIL but not the one my ILs wished they had.[/quote]

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