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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I try to be, but I know I'm not.  I don't do anything specifically crazy, but I feel it is my husband's responsibility to communicate with his relatives.  I'm sure they think I'm reserved, but I deal with my family and that keeps me pretty busy.[/quote]

This is me. I think it's his job to communicate with his family, and he does a crappy job, but I have my own family to deal with. [/quote]

Do you PPs like your in-laws? Do you think you would be closer if they were different, or is it you?[/quote]

I'm the first poster quoted.  No, I would never choose my inlaws as friends, but they would never choose me as a friend either.  This does not mean that I'm rude to them or try to cause drama.  I'm pretty busy dealing with my own family and my husband is more than capable of handling his relationship with his family.  They are his parents.  I don't expect him to call mine.

I will say, there are things I would do differently if I could.  Nothing huge, but little things which I think could have made a difference, but some of this was age and I didn't know better at the time.  With age comes wisdom!  We are about 20 years into this relationship and now I really don't know how to correct situation.  But, I'm human and I realize I've made mistakes and they've made mistakes.  I try to keep it all in perspective.  [/quote]

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