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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you expect your son/daughter on Thanksgiving and Christmas? Are you hurt if they don't come? I just had a baby and would rather stay home this year. My relationship with my MIL is fairly new and I'm worried it will make waves if I don't go. Also, if your adult children live near you, how often do.you expect to see them?[/quote]
OP my MIL (and my mother too) look at the larger context.  Will it be Thanksgiving but not Christmas?  This year but not next year?  Us going to them this time, and they will travel to us next time?  As for adult children in town, I know families that see each other every month and others that see each other every week or more.  Also, the context (long family dinner, attending a child's preschool Halloween parade, stopping by for 30 min to say hi) makes a difference.  It also makes a difference if one set of parents is in town and the other is out of town, or if the parents are young and energetic vs. older and less able.[/quote]

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