I'd really appreciate insights on this. My SIL includes everyone in the immediate inlaw family on my husbands side except me. Her family live some distance from us and her parents so when they plan a visit everyone knows what the upcoming ideas are and dates except me. I am mainly a SAHM and have a toddler. It does matter to me to know and plan so I can be at family events with my son and husband. She also doesn't include me in the emails about presents ideas. I find this irritating as my husband and I buy presents jointly from us to them. We have less money and it works out we get better presents that way. Her family custom is usually (not always) to send individual presents, certainly cards from her and her husband are kept separate.
My mother keeps telling me to just ask my husband to ask her to include me, or resend the group email with me included. One item was cuddling our son as much as possible. He said he would but yesterday didn't. He read it out to me instead. That is him being forgetful.
I must also give this example. After my huabnd and I got married she arranged cupcakes and her side of the family to see him for a birthday treat at an exhibition he was holding but didn't tell me or invite me along. This was only a month after we got married. Other than that it's all pleasantries at family events mainly.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Thanks
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sister in law never includes me in family emails. Any insights?
Dref · 25/10/2015 07:40
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