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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People always come on these posts to present their anecdata that is counter to the trend cited in the research. The subject seems to make people really defensive. I have only sons and this is the exact reason I wanted a daughter. I love my boys, but I don't assume that I will be as involved in their families' lives when they're older and married as I would be in a daughter's. My experience is consistent with the article - most of the families I know are closer to the wife's parents than the husband's.[/quote]

+1, same here[/quote]

I feel the same way. Yet my personal experience dictates that it depends on the personalities of the mothers/daughters. I grew up in a multi-generational household with my maternal grandparents. And now? I live in a multi-generational household with my ILs.

As the parents to sons, both DH and I emphasize the importance of family on both sides of the family. And my parents and ILs spend time together, both with and without us. We try to be good to our families, period. [/quote]

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