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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think part of it is that the sons/brothers don't organize/plan anything.  At least, this is the dynamic in my marriage.  My husband will say vaguely "we should go see MIL soon" but then he takes no steps to make it happen.  I could take upon myself to organize it but they live on the west coast and it's a massive hassle to travel there in the best of times, not to mention the dangers of cross-country flights with two unvaccinated kids.  So I choose not to make it a priority, and we haven't been out there in a couple of years.

I'm pretty sure MIL blames me for the lack of visits, because she knows I am the one who organizes our travel for the most part. And that's true, but if my husband wanted to step up and do the planning, he could.  Anyway, I don't really care that she blames me bc...we don't see her that often. Lol.[/quote]

All of this. In fact, did I write this in my sleep or have a SIL I didn’t know about? Even if I do organize a trip to ILs, it’s never right. “You’re only coming for 5 days? That’s not long enough.” “You need to fly into a different airport.” “Why are you renting a car, we will drive everywhere.” (That leads to being trapped in their house the entire time. Fool me once ILs! Plus they don’t have big enough cars to fit the 4 of us plus them so going anywhere is a huge production.) “Why did you stop at the store on your way here, we have 3 oranges, 6 slices of bread, and 3 pieces of lunch meat, that’s plenty for all 6 of us to eat.” [/quote]

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