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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't expect or want people of my parents' generation to help clean up. They've done their time. Nor do I expect them to offer to help. It's my job now.[/quote]

+1,000

And a reality check for you, OP:

I can only wish that my late mom were here so I could turn down her offer to help.

I can only wish that my beloved MIL (yes, some ARE beloved) could visit us for a week so I could turn down her offer to help. But she's unwell and lives in another country and is never going to be able to visit us in our home again. I would be delighted to wash every damn dish she used if she were here.

Being irritated over this (and you have not "let it go" no matter how much you claim you have) is so petty. If your in-laws are otherwise decent and non-toxic, raised a good son whom you love, have his back in the big things -- good grief, count that as a blessing. I don't know when our generation got so self-centered that we actually started worrying about these kinds of things. I would love to have your problem since it would mean I could actually interact with my in-laws or my mom. [/quote]

Just because op's inlaws aren't dead or ill does not mean she doesn't have a right to feel the way she does. Stop trying to one up.[/quote]

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