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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, PPs, introvert and low energy are absolutely different.  MIL is both, which means older kid (singular) raised younger kids (plural), and there are many issues to talk about in therapy, IF they would only attend (and admit that they need it).

My own mom positively did it all - great for her, not so great for me - work 9-5 FT (literally walked to an office job, in heels), plus gym for 2 hours five days per week, plus a super clean house, plus kids fed well (not just fed, but fed fresh foods - mostly home grown by dad) and attended to (ie: mom also knew seemingly everyone in the entire affluent town, so no getting away with anything, ever. Plus, was also related to many in town, or friends so close they were well known and connected and called family - deliberately, not randomly).

We always had friends over.  Not prearranged groups, but 1:1 friends. My siblings and I joked that we hated the weekly grocery run with mom, because she knew everyone, they would stop her, and it would triple the time in the store.  She was not a gossip, always something nice to say, usually about the kids. It was pleasant.

Our family was not perfect, but we were - we exist, and do so with passion and warmth.  You get what you get.

So, while mom was a high energy extrovert, and MIL was a low energy introvert, the latter can really judge you harshly, like it or not, while the former is too busy to judge.

Meanwhile, I am just trying to find a happy medium....while being judged.....

Ladies, we need to support each other better.  Life is not a p&ssing contest, but a jog. Like it or not, we are all running a very similar race.  Surprise! No one wins!
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*but we were loving and warm (not at each other, like DH's family)[/quote]

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