My husband has just shown me a message he sent his parents. He's been very sad about their attitude towards family and their blow hot blow cold behaviour. Their relationship has never been close but it had got better over time until the last year or two. I think they're going through some kind of late 50s crisis to be honest since they've both retired. They just seem to spend all their time on Facebook showing off.
He pointed out in the message that they only want contact on their terms and how it's all or nothing. For instance, they were so excited when our first child was born and for the first year or so and now they seem to take very little interest.
My husband has made the first approach with contact more than they have. We've also had a few emergency situations and other horrible life problems that they don't seem to care about.
So dh has said all this in his message but I'm just not sure if it was too much. Maybe too harsh. They're irritating and can be totally on their own agengas but equally they're not bad people. I was wondering if I should message them to explain that dh is just really upset and wants a different/better relationship with them?
So awkward!