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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It drives me so nuts that this is all focused on the dil, where is the son!? If he’s failing to organize the visits and creates the closeness it’s somehow his wife’s fault that she does better by her family than he does by his?[/quote]

Most women are more social and better at maintaining and organizing relationships than most men (obviously this is not true for all women or all men). That's a big part of why their families end up getting more time. [/quote]
That’s a cop out.

You’re telling me a man doesn’t know how to invite his mom over? He doesn’t know how to ask to visit?

He doesn’t eat? He can’t point to a calendar and say “I will eat with my mom on this day”?

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Guys just don't care the same. Dh doesn't want to talk to his parents daily. He calls his dad once a week and they don't really discuss family things. They talk about sports or politics. His mom wants him to call daily with specifics about our kids, which is what I like to talk to my mom about. [/quote]

Sexist bs. Plenty of guys do care and manage the relationships. [/quote]

And plenty of moms and daughters have no interest in talking on the phone to one another every day.[/quote]

LOL +2

I'm a daughter who has no interest in talking to my parents every day. DH is pretty good in managing his side of the family. His parents are deceased, but he wrangles up his sister (who dropped off the face of the Earth as far as her parents were concerned) and cousins on a regular basis. He calls everyone regularly. Some return the favor, some don't, but he keeps it up, because they're the only family left, and it's important to him.

So pretty please with sugar on top--shove your gender stereotypes you know where :D [/quote]

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