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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you see your husband's family? Probably not. I know growing up we always spent holidays with my maternal grandparents. I'm gay and married to a woman. We alternate each holiday to be fair. I see it with my brothers, though. Many years it'll just be my family visiting my parents and my brothers and their families spend the holidays with their wives' families. I feel bad for the years when my parents are alone but they don't seem to mind and often do a solo trip to a new destination on their bucket list. My brother once told me "I can make mom happy or I can make my wife happy so I pick the one I live with." [/quote]

So your parents modeled that family ties = woman’s work/spending time with mom’s family, and you somehow expect your brothers to make different choices and priorities? That’s…interesting.

Anyway, that’s on your brothers, entirely. Not their wives. If I told my husband we’d be spending holidays with only my family, he’d laugh in my face, and he’s as mild-mannered and easygoing as they come.[/quote]

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