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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]What do you do for her? Relationships are a two-way street. [/b] Just because you have kids doesn't mean that your older relatives owe you child care. Nothing you've said makes her sound unkind or interfering (and perhaps she doesn't offer to do more because she doesn't want to come across as smothering or controlling), and your husband clearly wants to have a close relationship with her, and she evidently loves your daughter. The fact that she doesn't volunteer to do more free babysitting is not a flaw. [/quote] Exactly. I have a relative like OP, that seems to expect others to do things for her - yet never doing anything for others. It doesn't matter how close someone else lives. It doesn't matter if they have time. The age difference doesn't matter, or the level of financial security. All relationships including a MIL to DIL are a two-way street and require reciprocity. It sounds like OP is expecting her MIL to only give. [/quote]
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