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[quote=Anonymous]I think you guys are being a bit harsh on OP.   Her expectations of MIL may simply be a vestige of her experience with her family of origin.  My extended family on my dad's side is super close, we're all into each other's business but we also stick our necks out huge for each other.  Everyone goes out of his/her way to contribute, everyone is super eager to see photos, get together, spend hours talking, etc.

DH's family is quintessential cold, passive aggressive WASP family that never says a harsh word to each other but doesn't seem to like each other at all.  DH has not spoken to his brother in years.  This isn't because of a fall out, they just seem to "nothing" each other.  BIL has literally not even seen a photo of my kids, to my knowledge, because he lives in a different city and just doesn't give a crap.  (He's biglaw partner, btw, so presumably relatively functional human being otherwise).  SUPER weird to me.  Likewise, his father, my FIL is 99% uninterested in our kids, much less us.  He sends a xmas check and if we visit his hometown he will do one cursory activity like a quick run through the museum where he will say maybe 1 sentence to me and talk at the kids for 5 minutes and then leave early.  For years I was pretty hurt by this because it's just not what I grew up used to, and it's not what I want to accept as normal.  That being said I've come to terms with it now but it took some time to get used to.[/quote]

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