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[quote=Anonymous]During the winter we live near my MIL (age 86) and my wife drops by almost every day just to check in and maybe take her shopping. During the summer she calls her mother almost every day. My wife's sister lives in the same town year round as her mother and it can be weeks in between phone calls or a visit. My wife and her sister are actually quite close, but it drives my wife nuts that her sister just doesn't seem to care. My SIL never asks my wife about our children and grandchildren and was too busy to attend two of three of our kids weddings. What struck my wife as amazing was one day her sister telling her that "she wasn't really into family." She's been married twice but with no children and most conversations with her are all about her. I'm use to it and accept it as does my wife. She's her sister and loves her and simply has come to accept that that's the way it is and there is little she can do about it. If someone isn't into family you can't convince them that they need to be. Some people are just wired differently. You just might need to live with very low expectations for your sisters involvement with her family and be pleasantly surprised if she does something nice.[/quote]

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