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GoYouPackersGo

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17. We're headed that way.

Reply to Sucha NastyWoman (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:24 PM

Dec 2024

It's hard because my wife's mother lays a massive guilt trip on her if we try to establish any sort of boundary. They're still her parents, so she struggles. But this year for the first time ever we're not staying overnight. Baby steps, I guess.

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