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[quote=Anonymous]Just being a nice person and being flexible. I see so many posts here about "MY boundaries" and "MY feelings" and "MY schedule"...it seems like everyone is keeping score but no one is actually winning.

Respect your parents. They've been around longer, they've raised you. They've kinda earned their right to be a little set in their ways. Is it really a bad lesson that we teach our kids that we do XYZ at Grandma's house simply because it's Grandma's house? No. It's respect for your elders. Presumably you will earn the same one day.

So your sister in law is self absorbed, laugh and let it go. If accommodating her or some other relative doesn't require much stress why not just do it? Why do these things have to be, "because MY family doesn't do this all the time" or whatever. Just go with it. You can be flexible about the small stuff yet not be a doormat.

I just see a lot of selfishness. Just because your in laws might do selfish things doesn't mean you have to do it back or keep score. Just be kind. [/quote]

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