To all mother-in-laws
It's a place you can go to get support and to feel safe, a place to get advice and most of all love. This unfortunately is something my husband and I do not have. The old saying that you can't pick your family is so true.
As children we have no control over what happens in our lives and with our families, only when we get older do we realize the reality of it all.
As adults we can change ourselves or whatever in our life that we may want to change except this one issue, you can't pick your family. So, what do you do on holidays or birthdays or your childrens birthdays when there is no grandma or grandpa or aunts, uncles and so on? It is very very hard.
My situation is this, my parents are much older and are in no shape to travel where as my husbands parents are young and have the means to travel but choose to stay in Erie. When my husband deploys my monster-in-law parades around Brevillier Village, (where she works at) acting like she supports her son the hero but truth be told, she could care less about my daughters and I.
My brother-in-law works opposite shifts flipping burgers so he will not see his wife and daughter, the monster-in-law compared that to my husband deploying to Iraq for 15 months and could not understand why I was so upset... hmmm?!?!?!
I guess my point is, if you are a mother-in-law and you have grandchildren, do not play favorites. My daughters want nothing to do with my in-laws and could care less if we ever visited Erie again.
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Comment by Purplepinkolot on June 7, 2009 at 5:27pm -
I guess I am the only one here with such a problem... wow!
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This Weekend
Today
1 WILD RIB COOK OFF & MUSIC FESTIVAL: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 2, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Perry Square; barbecued ribs, music, kids zone, artists, crafters, vendors, more. Cost: Free. Info: www.ErieRibFest.com, 899-5177.
Friday
EVENING PONTOON RIDES: 7-8:30 p.m.; from the Pontoon Station, Presque Isle State Park; see wildlife active at dusk. Cost: Free; reserve by phone the week of the ride. Info: 833-7424.
U.S. NAVY BAND CONCERT: Friday, June 1, 7-8:30 p.m.; Liberty Park; patriotic music. Cost: Free. Info: www.porterie.org.
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Saturday
Asbury Woods Nature Center will celebrate National Trails Day Saturday with a work party. Volunteers will be adding bark mulch to trails, cleaning up and making improvements. Lunch and beverages will be provided.
The work party will take place 9 a.m. to noon, and adults, families and groups are invited. Children ages 8 to 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 835-5356 to preregister.
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