Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
Op here. No one lives near them. We have a couple kids, bro/SIL have more.
I saw the hometown couple each year 1-5x a year for 25 years and holidays.
As a married adult with kids I saw one set 1-2x a year when in hometown and the other 1-2x a year when in their town during work trips.
My brother never saw the out of town one. He works full time in a senior position with lots of travel.
But his wife did some schmoozing behind the scenes the last 5+ years with each aunt. Most of it not in person, we all live 1000-4000 miles from one another.
So why didn’t you work on your relationship with your aunts? What stopped you? Your SIL put in the time and effort and now she will be rewarded. Did you just assume you would be a beneficiary? Your aunts might be thinking “forget you” since you couldn’t be bothered. What a missed opportunity.
How’s SIL do that PP?
SIL arrived in the scene what, 10-15 years ago, has lots of kids, lives far away.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You snooze, you lose.
Most people don’t have the audacity to ask their spouse’s aunt or uncle to manage their estate. Or love bomb them with emails, letters and invites. Those would be red flags to me. Maybe those women are all peas in the same pod.
Anonymous wrote:You snooze, you lose.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
Op here. No one lives near them. We have a couple kids, bro/SIL have more.
I saw the hometown couple each year 1-5x a year for 25 years and holidays.
As a married adult with kids I saw one set 1-2x a year when in hometown and the other 1-2x a year when in their town during work trips.
My brother never saw the out of town one. He works full time in a senior position with lots of travel.
But his wife did some schmoozing behind the scenes the last 5+ years with each aunt. Most of it not in person, we all live 1000-4000 miles from one another.
So why didn’t you work on your relationship with your aunts? What stopped you? Your SIL put in the time and effort and now she will be rewarded. Did you just assume you would be a beneficiary? Your aunts might be thinking “forget you” since you couldn’t be bothered. What a missed opportunity.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
Op here. No one lives near them. We have a couple kids, bro/SIL have more.
I saw the hometown couple each year 1-5x a year for 25 years and holidays.
As a married adult with kids I saw one set 1-2x a year when in hometown and the other 1-2x a year when in their town during work trips.
My brother never saw the out of town one. He works full time in a senior position with lots of travel.
But his wife did some schmoozing behind the scenes the last 5+ years with each aunt. Most of it not in person, we all live 1000-4000 miles from one another.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
Op here. No one lives near them. We have a couple kids, bro/SIL have more.
I saw the hometown couple each year 1-5x a year for 25 years and holidays.
As a married adult with kids I saw one set 1-2x a year when in hometown and the other 1-2x a year when in their town during work trips.
My brother never saw the out of town one. He works full time in a senior position with lots of travel.
But his wife did some schmoozing behind the scenes the last 5+ years with each aunt. Most of it not in person, we all live 1000-4000 miles from one another.
Anonymous wrote:Recency bias is real OP. Forget the last 50 years, all that matters is the last few.
Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?
+1
Right? Shame on you OP. You do not look good here.