Hi Ep, I'm sorry to hear about the party. It is one of the things I have found hard in my sitch - the inlaws response. My inlaws are transatlantic, so we saw them a couple times a year normally, but I kept in touch by email (more than H did TBH.) I felt we had a great R, and I was so disappointed that they haven't chosen to keep in touch. They haven't been critical of me that I'm aware, but I do feel cut out - like my R with them only existed because I was H's W - not because I am a person in my own right.
It is a hard thing to deal with - and the whole blood is thicker than water certainly holds true in many sitches here. It has helped me to think they are in a tough situation and it isn't always easy to know what line to take....so they avoid making contact or extending invites etc.
Take care xx
T 13 M 7 Me 48 H 46 SS 15 BD 7.14 PA D final 5.16 (H filed)
We receive & we lose, and must try to achieve gratitude & embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses - Dubus
