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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SIL took the attitude that it was not her job to maintain a relationship with her husband's family. This came across in so many ways. Little notes when her kids (my nieces/nephews) to her relatives but not to us ("Come to my birthday party, Uncle Wally!"). Cultivating relationships on her kids' behalf with her family, but not with ours. Invites to recitals, shows, etc. Now we have no relationship with those kids. [/quote] Why do you blame her and not her husband? Maintaining these connections is emotional labor. It is not a woman's responsibility to do all of the EL of maintaining connections with the family she married into. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UUYL6kaNeBTDBRbkJkeUtabEk/view?pref=2&pli=1[/quote]
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