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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In July of 2021, after being blamed of prioritizing my parents over her by my MIL to DH, I dropped the rope.

I can count on one hand the number of times DH has visited with our children over the past year.

We haven’t had a single visit as a family, because I haven’t planned it or encouraged he plan it.

Not a single dinner. Not one gift. No cards. No flowers. Because I haven’t purchased them.

I’m not even sure the last time he spoke to her, because I haven’t encouraged him to.

I wonder if deep down she realizes, even though she’d never admit it.

Ladies, do yourself a favor if you haven’t already and put the rope down. It’s heavy and you don’t need to carry it by yourself. [/quote]

I do these things because I want to, not because it's some kind of burden. Maybe next time don't marry into a family where any of this feels like a burden?[/quote]
Why do you have to be a B? Many of us didn’t know our in-laws well when we got married. Maybe when we were choosing life partners at 25 we didn’t think about “who’s going to send this woman birthday cards in perpetuity because we were talking about kids and careers and grad school and how we felt about religion and debt and social issues. I got lucky and married a man who shares the load with childcare and household chores and didn’t realize until later that he was perfectly happy leaving all the cards and Christmas shopping for extended family to me. Like OP, I figured it out and let my H handle all that. It means his sisters get lame Harry and David gift baskets every year but that’s what he chooses. And Facebook birthday notifications remind him to call. LOL. [/quote]

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