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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine if the tables were turned... Let's say my dad likes to go fishing and keeps hinting that he wants my husband to come. My husband has no interest in this. I ask him to take one for the team to make my dad happy and thus make me happy. He says he will not perform emotional labor because he dislikes my (perfectly civil) father. What say you DCUM? [/quote]

He should go at least once and if he doesn’t like it, pass going forward saying something friendly like “tried it, not for me, let’s all go out for Mexican instead next month”.  Or at the very least, go fishing with dad and me, not just the two of them, again trying it just once.[/quote]

That would be fine if your DH hasn't been fishing before.  We should all be open to trying something new.  But, [b]if your DH has been fishing before and doesn't want to spend that kind of time with your father, why should he have to?[/b]  To paraphrase a PP, why isn't it enough that your DH is a good partner to you? [/quote]

That isn’t an in law issue, it’s a spouse issue.  None of it matters unless the spouse is unhappy with the dynamic.  [/quote]

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