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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't live near them so only see them at most once or twice a year so that limits forming relationships. I also have nothing in common with my in-laws other than my husband.  My MIL is the only one who has really welcomed. Everyone else has never taken any initiative to get to know me or welcome me into their family so I tolerate them when I have to but don't go out of my way to talk to them or spend time with them.

FWIW my husband doesn't even talk to his sister to not surprising that I don't have a relationship with her. [/quote]

While we are pretty close to ILs, I will say that part of the struggle I have had with SiL is that she really knows nothing about me. I could probably type a page, at a minimum, about her life, starting with birth. She would be hard pressed to name my parents, my siblings, their marital status, how I spent my childhood, what I studied in college, where I've worked, etc. DH and I met in grad school, so she could name that, but not where I've worked, what I've done since grad school.

And how do I know about her life? I ask questions and listen, nothing more than that.

But she is important to DH so I continue to make an effort.[/quote]

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