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[quote=Anonymous]My life is a perfect study in this.

My husband's family relationships seem very superficial. They don't talk about very personal things, neither of his brothers is warm or caring (though my husband is a very caring person). They went to expensive high-ranking universities and make a lot of money (well, not my husband, but he has an ivy-league education), and prefer expensive restaurants and vacations. They are not terribly supportive of one another and I consider my brothers-in-law to be rather self-centered and lacking in compassion. My mother-in-law says all the right things, always nice and polite, but I think she's kind of full of shit.

On the other hand, my family is very close, all up in each other's stuff, very loving and demonstrative. My father made a very good living but we always ate and traveled on a budget. My siblings and I all went to state schools and now support ourselves comfortably in careers that we enjoy, ranging from art to medicine to engineering. We lean on each other regularly. I can't imagine it being any other way. I don't have a lot of respect for my husband's "successful" family because I think they're failures as human beings. [/quote]

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