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I've never met daughter in law's family. Anyone else?
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 300672" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>FWIW, my family was so dysfunctional and my husband's family was so different from the parts of my family I did like that I dreamed of cutting off nearly all the relatives and just living as a happy (of course, when you're dreaming there aren't any other kinds<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" />) little family. I didn't do that of course, but my brother has since cut off my dad totally. </p><p> </p><p>I wasn't real generous with time alone with the grandchildren on either sides. Family gatherings are almost always seperate but that's a function of geography as much as anything. This all probably sounds like I'm really cold but actually I'm very close to my brother (he lives 4 states away and I talk with him several times a week on the phone) and close to my sister in law. I have to think that when you grow up in a dysfunctional and hurtful family, a lot of the choices one makes as an adult have to do with maintaining control of the family situation that you didn't have as a child. </p><p> </p><p>I know a lot of women who are close with their own families and standoffish with in-laws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 300672, member: 701"] FWIW, my family was so dysfunctional and my husband's family was so different from the parts of my family I did like that I dreamed of cutting off nearly all the relatives and just living as a happy (of course, when you're dreaming there aren't any other kinds:raspberry-tounge:) little family. I didn't do that of course, but my brother has since cut off my dad totally. I wasn't real generous with time alone with the grandchildren on either sides. Family gatherings are almost always seperate but that's a function of geography as much as anything. This all probably sounds like I'm really cold but actually I'm very close to my brother (he lives 4 states away and I talk with him several times a week on the phone) and close to my sister in law. I have to think that when you grow up in a dysfunctional and hurtful family, a lot of the choices one makes as an adult have to do with maintaining control of the family situation that you didn't have as a child. I know a lot of women who are close with their own families and standoffish with in-laws. [/QUOTE]
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