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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both my brother's family and my husband's sister's family seem to have given up on reciprocal relationships. If we want to see then, we have to travel to them. They have never and at this point (10 years) doesn't look like they will ever travel to us. Anyone else deal with the same dynamic? Will it ever change?[/quote]

Do you have a fucking telephone?  I'll bet you do.

Stop playing this tit for tat game and holding grudges based on who you think should visit who.

It's expensive and time consuming for a lot of people to make visits like that.  It doesn't mean they gave up on the relationship.

Call.  Email.  Skype.  Write actual letters.[/quote]
I totally agree. I do not understand people who feel like the value of their relationships hinges on one thing and one thing alone.  Relationships and lives are complicated and what I am able to do in my particular circumstance may not be what my SIL can do. Maybe I can travel, maybe I like to travel and can afford to do so. Maybe my SIL can't or does not like to and I do not presume to tell her what to do with her own d*** money. Maybe she does things I do not. 
It is not just one thing that makes a relationship people, lighten up, take a chill.[/quote]

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