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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you trying to manage the relationship of two grown adults? What makes you the authority on how much they should talk or interact, or how close THEY should be?

They somehow managed their own relationship for 30 years or so before you came along. What credentials do you have as a fa,ily therapist, and when did they hire you? [/quote]

You seem to have a strangely passionate interest in this.[/quote]

How interesting that you can't answer these simple questions.[/quote]

I'm the OP.

I actually met my husband in college while his parents were going through a bitter divorce, which affected his relationship with both parents. 
I'm not trying to manage their relationship. I'm trying to do a fairly normal thing - orchestrate a family get-together on Thanksgiving. This is something performed by families nationwide every year. 
I'm not an authority on when they should interact. You might note in my post that I acknowledge how every family relationship is different.
Nobody hired me to be a therapist. Nobody hired you to be DCUM's resident prosecutor, either. I suggest you offer advice or back off the aggressive questioning. It's not very helpful.
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