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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound very resentful about the way DH's family treats him.  I think this is quite normal, since you love your DH and want to protect him.  You also know him for the man that he is and feel that he deserves better from his family.  However, you can't change the people in his family.  They are who they are.

After reading your posts and responses, it sounds like you two are doing really well and have a good life.  Would it ever be possible to shift your mindset and consider DH the lucky one?  Yes, he was treated badly and/or abused -- but look how he turned out.  I really don't think you'd be happily married if he was more involved with his family.  They do sound awful (of course, we only hear your side of things).  I'd suggest that you look beyond the "heirlooms" and focus on the happiness that you two have together.[/quote]

OP here.  I think you are accurate.  I am waiting for MIL to become a human being, in more ways than one, and that is never going to happen.  She is not a nice person, and doing the right thing would never occur to her.  I need to stop wishing she were someone capable of showing warmth and caring, for anything but her own selfish interests, and tiny little world.  [/quote]

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