wow. it sure sounds like i've touched a nerve here. i'm glad i'm not alone in this. however, how do you get them to cut the apron strings? who's job is it to cut the apron strings?
i've heard so much about responsibility. i've blamed my ILs for being horrible parents and raising their children to be dependent on them for life. but the children are also adults now shouldn't they be responsible for their own actions and decisions? so who is to blame here? the parents or the children (who eventually become our h or w)?
it's a different kind of a but nonetheless, still an a. they are looking to someone else to fill a void that we as spouses should fill. but we aren't (or weren't ever) given the opportunity to do so.
