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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can relate and do think there is a generation component at play. MIL is exactly like OPs except she expects everyone to drop everything and cater to her or help her when she needs it. Her mother and mother in law spent tons of time watching DH and his sister, hosting all holidays, being the place where they could go on college breaks and her mother gave her financial support to pay for college, buy their first house and pay for weddings as well as financial gifts every year for years. MIL has done none of that and doesn’t see why she should. In her mind her kids should be independent even though she wasn’t. She’s never been interested in her own grandchildren. If anything she is resentful that her adult children will decline her demands because their own children need something. Her kids should be there to help and support her even though she never helped or supported them. My SIL has always been deeply upset by this. My DH has always been annoyed by her but now that our kids in college he has realized how little she did for them compared to what we do for our kids.

[b]I honestly think that if MIL had been born in our time, she wouldn’t have had kids. She never wanted them and always viewed them as a burden doing the barest minimum. Within the boomer population, there are a subset of people who shouldn’t have become parents.[/quote][/b]

This can be said for all generations.[/quote]

No not really. You see that a good number of GenX waited to have kids until they really wanted them. For millennials, many waited or aren’t having kids. The boomers had the expectation that they would get married and have kids. They never thought there were other options. [/quote]

Lots of people have kids on purpose and then suck at being parents. This is true of ALL generations.[/quote]

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