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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You shouldn't be evaluating your SILs in this at all.  Do you want to help your MIL?  Don't [b]not[/b] help her to spite your SILs.  If you don't want to help her, then just say no.  But the decision should be based on your relationship with your MIL, not your SILs.

You can also say you don't want to be on the schedule but will visit her and will let them know which days when you decide.  Unless that kind of short notice messes with your MILs treatment, of course.[/quote]

+1.  Making this about the SILs and your own parents and tit for tat is the wrong approach.  I don't think you have any obligations here, but your reasoning is petty and immature.  This is your husband's mother too, and your MIL!

If you don't want to be on the schedule I think that's fine - there are lots of good reasons why you might not be comfortable with that.  But, I don't think your resentment towards the SILs is a good reason, and it's the only one you've given so far.[/quote]

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