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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't wait until it's Mother's Day and we have to hear all the posts about the difficulty of ordering flowers (less than 5 minutes) for your husband's mother, the woman your children call grandma.[/quote]

And yet it is every bit as difficult (hint: not at all) for her son to take five minutes to order flowers for his mother, since this activity is in no way inhibited by having a penis.[/quote]

Good yes. Same goes for niece. Uncle DH can handle that too.[/quote]

You're missing the point.

Yes, DH can handle his postcard to the niece.

But OP should handle HER postcard to the niece.  If she really wants to make a point, she can send a card with JUST her name on it.  And make it clear that DH had nothing to do with.

But she's acting like she has to do all the work to maintain a relationship between DH and the niece.  Of course she doesn't.  But she DOES have to do work to maintain a relationship between OP and her niece.

You guys put so much emphasis on the relationships that are via blood and which ones are via marriage.  But that's ridiculous.  OP is the girl's aunt, and that comes with some responsibility.  She is family, whether or not there is a blood relationship or not.  And don't let DH's cavalier attitude towards family relationships impact your relationships with family.

So by all means, let DH look like a putz when he doesn't send anything.  But don't cut of your nose to spite your face.  [/quote]

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