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[quote=Anonymous]I have a very good relationship with my parents, and DH has a very good relationship with both sets of his parents (his parents split when he was in preschool, both remarried and had 2 more kids each, so there are 2 sets of parents and 4 half-sibs).  And even more miraculously, I get along well with his parents and he with mine.

We both reach out to our parents regularly to check in, and go visit when we can with the kid (so far the only grandchild, so everyone wants to see her).  And when they can visit they do.  Earlier this year we had my parents and his mom & stepdad at the same time, and it actually went really well which surprised me, since my dad isn't the most social person.

So it's possible to have a good, stable healthy relationship with parents that the kids continue because they very much want to, not because they feel they have to or they need something.  But from reading DCUM you'd think it never happens, which kind of makes sense, because the people who feel like they have things pretty good with their parents are not going to weigh in on all the tough threads and say "Sorry that's happening.  Not a problem for me."[/quote]

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