Re: too tramatized to be a good daughter in law

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you are supposed to get involved with them?

lol, just kidding, sort of. No, I think a half an hour or so on a couple major

holidays a year should do it for me...and that's pushing it.

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> Hey Guys,

> Does anyone have issues with their partner's family? I don't dislike my

> boyfriend's family, its just that I hesitate to get involved. I see anything

> remotely related to family as poison. On Tues we spent the whole day (from

> like 10 am to 10 pm) at boyfriend's little niece's wedding. It was

> EXHAUSTING!!! And can you say pink bubble gum barbie dreamland? She is only

> 19 or 20 and has never moved out of her mom's house. i just have a hard time

> with her getting married so young. And the whole thing seemed more like a 10

> year old's birthday party than a lifetime commitment between a man and a

> woman.

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> But I think I'm wiped out from being in vigilance mode all day, ready to

> pounce, leave, protect etc.

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> And more importantly, am I the only one that just isn't interested in

> getting too involved with their partner's family? Luckily the family is

> Gigantic! So I am hardly missed. I do have some feelings of guilt about it.

> . .

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> What you think?

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> XO, Girlscout

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