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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m confused. You talk to your parents daily and have your older kid FaceTime them a few times a week but you don’t do anything like that for the other grandparents? Seems like you could very easily drop one of the phone calls and FaceTime sessions with your family (and still be talking to them 6 days a week!) and call/FaceTime your in laws once a week.[/quote]

OP here. Yes I talk to my parents daily because I'm very close to them. I always have. I call a lot from work, lunch breaks or my ride home. I guess I should be the bigger person and call my inlaws, but it's hard and I have nothing to talk about with them. I hate that this has fallen on me and I just can't stand that I have another role. If they called the kids to facetime them, that would be awesome, they just don't. Also, my toddler isn't very vocal, so they don't like facetiming her when DH does it. They mostly just talk to DH and look at DD (whereas my parents sing to her and play games).

I do want them to visit but I don't think they want to visit without DH. They never come to our house and only want us to come there (which I am not doing). [/quote]

So be clear: “With DH away, I need to ask that you come to us if you would like to see the kids. We would love to have you for a weekend or day trip, but it needs to be here.”

And tell the SIL who shares the complaints to you that a) they need to be willing to travel and b) you don’t really want the burden of hearing their complaints.[/quote]

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