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[quote=Anonymous]OP, after my dad (to whom I was very, very close) died, my FIL yelled at me for being sad two days after my dad died (it was quick and unexpected) because how dare I not be happy because I still had my FIL (who, by the way, has never been nice to me), and why wasn't I spending the time being grateful for him instead?

Now apparently he's sick and I couldn't care less whether he lives, dies, suffers, or recovers. However, because he's not my dad, I will do whatever my husband wants me to do. (He had a bad history with his dad and him yelling at me was basically the final straw so he's not really talking to him right now because FIL won't apologize and insists that I am the one who needs to say I'm sorry, not him).

So from your post I'd say, you don't owe it to these people who were mean to you to be kind to them or care about them now, but why would you waste any of your energy being gleeful at his diagnosis? After all the, opposite of love isn't hate, it's antipathy. So choose antipathy. And then tell your husband you'll support him however he needs you to.

Also, you didn't say, but I sincerely hope your husband stood up for you when his parents said those awful things to you. And I'm sorry for your loss.[/quote]

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