SIL's family has hit a new low....

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Registered: 03-31-2003
SIL's family has hit a new low....
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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 8:40am
I have not been on here in awhile because everything in my family had been pretty quiet until this past Sunday. SIL#2 (the youngest one) had called SIL#1 son about getting together to exchange Christmas gifts. She talked to him last week and he said that Sunday would suit them and asked her to come over to his house. SIL#2 and her daughter (who is 7) went over. They had nothing for my 7 yr old neice, and he let his girls open their gifts in front of her. SIL#2 said that she(her daughter) kept it together and did not cry until they left, but soon as they were out the door she burst into tears. I cannot believe that they did this to that child. It was just plain MEAN. They knew that SIL#2 was getting their girls gifts for Christmas, she had called them 3 times before hand to talk about what to get and then to check if what she had gotten was fine. If they did not have the money to purchase a gift they should have said something, then if SIL#2 went ahead and bought gifts anyway that was her choice and she would have prepared her child for not getting a gift. When SIL#2 called SIL#1 to talk to her about it,(and MIl told SIL#2 to call her sister and talk her about what happened) SIL#1 said that is what her f****** family deserved. Now tell me how a 7 year old deserves to be treated that way? If SIL#1 and her family have a problem with the rest of the family they do not need to be taking it out on a 7 year old. As far as I am concerned I will no longer have anything to do with this SIL and her family. They have shown us their true colors. SIL#2 told her dad that she no longer has a sister. I felt so bad for SIL#2 on Sunday when she left there, she called me crying and then after talking to her sister last night she called me crying again. It is just so hard for me to see people treat others this way. I was not brought up this way and SIL#1 was not brought up this way. I am hoping now that MIL will have no choice but to take off the rose colored glasses that she wears concerning this SIL and her family.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-16-2007 - 12:42pm

"I am hoping now that MIL will have no choice but to take off the rose colored glasses that she wears concerning this SIL and her family."

Don't hope too hard, I wouldn't want to see you suffer yet another disappointment. Your MIL will believe and see what she wishes, and she will dream up excuses for her favorite daughter's behaviors. Best of luck to you and your family.

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Registered: 12-18-2006
Wed, 01-17-2007 - 1:22am

Bless your heart. You cannot change SIL #1. It's her job to change herself. You can't change how SIL#2 feels. But you can be sweet to the kids. Like you said..."they do not need to be taking it out on a 7 year old."

Try to stay out of the fire, but be supportive of the ones being hurt, namely the kids.

Good luck.