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[quote=Anonymous]Ha, I had to read this again to make sure my SIL didn’t write it, as I am an Asian-American person living in CA and my DH is from an all white small town USA. (But I knew it wasn’t about us when OP said they were rich because my inlaws are not! :) )

I don’t like going to DH’s parents’ hometown (not necessarily due to race issue - we just hang out at inlaws’ place so we don’t much interact with locals anyway but ‘cause it’s boring with nothing to do) but I go because I want DH and kids to see my inlaws and they are getting older and it’s getting hard for them to travel to us.

I think the difference between your SIL and me is that I actually like my inlaws. They are chill, they let me sit and read magazines, they don’t try to force conversations and push for closeness - they just let me BE when we are visiting. It sounds to me like you guys are demanding more from her on the visits - how would SIL even know about your families’ “social circle”?  If I got dragged around to multiple social events and had to be “on” the whole time, I’d hate visiting too. I suggest you all meet at a beach resort somewhere. [/quote]

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