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[quote=Anonymous]My husband is probably the scapegoat in his family though I think his parents don't really like any of them; there are three kids. His younger sister is probably favored. His older brother spends a lot of his time with them, getting their attention, etc. As I said, I don't think they care. They retired and moved out of state about 20 years ago. My husband was physically abused and has had lots of damage from that. I really had no idea what this meant and how it would affect my life, but it has. The least of it is that he had chronic anxiety that I think he masked by being outgoing and talkative. He has done a ton of work. At one point I got in an argument with his mom and that was it. I realized my husband really didn't care and didn't like them at all, so we stopped making any effort. We don't see them, they don't contact our kids. They are extremely cold people. His former therapist described them as reptiles. They seem normal and are superficially nice. It's been so long I don't care and I'm glad our family life has been peaceful.[/quote]

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