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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be loathe to cut off actual family rather than married family.[/quote]

Married family IS actual family, legally and morally speaking.  [/quote]

Geeze. Exactly. How do you think family is created without marriage? At least in the traditional sense. [/quote]

Yeah no kidding.... if you are going to exclude the in laws, you will find the next generation forms a nucleus far separate.from you.

in a healthy family, the new nuclear family is its own entity, but gathers well into the larger extended family for vibrant relationships and the continuity of the family line, continuing traditions, etc.

I have witnessed some families who treat the spouse/non-blood relative /in law, like a surrogate or sperm donor who after that limited role, has no place in the family. But without making some place for them, however superficial, where they actually belong in the family, you have one of two outcomes: divorce or estrangement.(assuming they have any self esteem, of course)

if you expect to have a close relationship with your child and grandchildren, get your act together and treat the in law as a special partner devoting their energies and being to creating the next generation of your family. [/quote]

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