http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/ties-that-bind-tensions-about-time-spent-with-family/27567/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/ties-that-bind-tensions-about-time-spent-with-family/27567/#comment-18195 Nicki Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:48:34 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=27567#comment-18195 Yeah this is really a tough one. We knew we'd have a hard time with this before we got married because our families live a few hours apart. We definitely spend more time with my family because we live in the same town. We try to make more effort to talk about out-of-town family with our daughter and show her pictures, etc. to let her know we still think about them and love them as much as the family we see often. It really feels like it's impossible to perfectly balance though. I think you have to do your best and leave it at that. Yeah this is really a tough one. We knew we’d have a hard time with this before we got married because our families live a few hours apart. We definitely spend more time with my family because we live in the same town. We try to make more effort to talk about out-of-town family with our daughter and show her pictures, etc. to let her know we still think about them and love them as much as the family we see often. It really feels like it’s impossible to perfectly balance though. I think you have to do your best and leave it at that.

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