Since my mother in law died, my sister in law has been acting strange towards me and shutting me out. I was very close to my MIL and to some extent my SIL so it's floored me. I sense she wants to lean on my DH but perhaps is resentful that she feels I'm preventing this in some way?
I feel for her loss deeply and I've expressed this. I've lost my mum so I have some degree of empathy.
But she's excluded me and tried to control things and well suggested some down right hurtful things.
I'll let it go as it could just be grief talking but I needed to vent. And if this is a long term change it will be hard.
I know when a parental figure goes, relationships and roles shift and change. But I'd hoped me and SIL would pull together.