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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes.  I only listed I was a litigation attorney because it is an intense, time-consuming job. MIL will comment that we have house cleaners (she always scrubbed her own floors) and I don’t join her in the kitchen (her family had a home-cooked meal every night).  Also, I feel resentful that my limited downtime should be spent sidestepping MILs questions and faking pleasantries. And yes - I fake pleasantries for my job, but I get paid in those scenarios.

I’m torn between my own wants and doing something for the sake of making DH happy. Thanks for the advice and perspective.

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If you can fake pleasantries for your job, you can do it from time to time for your husband. Just because you are comfortable with a very distant relationship with your own parents, doesn’t mean that is the type of dynamic that DH can expect for your interactions with his side of the family.  OP there is give and take in marriage.  Not everything is going to be determined by you.  You need to meet somewhere in the middle - definitely not sharing family vacations and marital issues with MIL, but absolutely spending some time with her.[/quote]

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