OK, my DFIL is a really nice guy. Everyone likes him. He & DH's mom divorced when DH was 12 or 13. Anyway, he was never a very good "dad". He is a pilot, so he wasn't around much, he married a crazy drunk who didn't want much to do with his kids. Well, he divorced her....thank the lord & he has been a fairly good dad since DH & his sister became adults. Well, the thing with him is that he is a bit of a chauvinist. He's not mean, but he just tends to think men are ....um, more important (for lack of a better word) than women. Well, he is crazy about Josh. He likes Lainie, too, but he didn't get her a card or anything when she was born. Well, her first Christmas she was only 3 weeks old, but again, no gift, no card, no nothing. Lainie's 1st birthday, no card, no gift, no nothing. Christmas last year he did get her a very nice collectible doll that I told him about. He spent about $100 on Lainie & close to $300 on Josh. I know right now she doesn't notice, but as she gets older, I worry that she'll think he doesn't love her as much. When my DH was younger, DFIL took him skiing in Colorado & bought him all kinds of stuff; whereas, his younger sister definitely got the shaft.
Anyway, just a little rant. No big deal. I just don't want Lainie to get the shaft the rest of her life.