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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the only reason DH ever calls his mom. I’m the one who remembers her birthday, Mother’s Day and sends her a Christmas gift. I spent years trying to keep her connected to our kids - sending her photos and having the kids send her art and letters. I’ve stopped trying so hard because she never seemed to warm to me. She’s polite to me but doesn’t show any interest in a real relationship with me or the kids. She just has an interest in DH. I’m positive she thinks I keep him away. [/quote]

Are you me? If not for me, she would never get a Christmas gift ever. I do everything because I feel sorry for her. But she is only occasionally interested in the kids and never in me. She’s obsessed with her baby boy, who is not a big fan of hers. [/quote]

So stop.

I don’t buy my in-laws gifts. It’s not that I don’t love them, it’s just not my place.

My family doesn’t exchange gifts with adults. If my husband wants to buy his mother something, then she gets a gift. If his siblings go in on a gift for her, it’s on them to coordinate and Venmo money or whatever.

There is no ill will and no drama. [/quote]

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