WIBU to tell sil to F off?

[DoingTheBestICan]

Huge backstory to this but let's just say sil has always been the golden child, much favoured over dh, to the point that it has carried onto the gc.

I don't really want to go into the ways she has been favoured but let's just say she has had hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on her and her dc.

She had a birthday a couple of weeks ago and we texted her to wish her a happy birthday, she was out and about so we left her card with a relative who we knew she was due to see that day. We don't buy gifts for the adults, just the dc.

Just had a message off her telling us not to bother again, each year the card gets worse and she would rather we didn't bother. I'm a bit meh tbh, it was a nice card I thought with a nice verse inside with a thoughtful hand written message in it.

She's a proper spoilt diva and I can't be arsed with her fucking drama any longer. I would love to text back fuck off but dh says he's not going to respond.

Maybe we should have had her card hand delivered by turtle doves.

Please text her back with Fairenuffs suggestion

Be honest, was this the card?

BOF are you my sil???

I'd go for "Your wish is our command!" as a text reply.

Just admit you sent her this card.....

I wish . I'd enjoy the yearly race to the bottom for ever more innocently offensive birthday cards.

A smiley face and thumbs up would be best.

Just ignore her. She sounds bonkers. Does she send your dh a card? Or you?

Show a bit more enthusiasm next year

Lol @ Happy Birthday Cunt. I would love a card like that [weeping]

I would text back with just a full stop. Just .

She doesn't send me a card just dh and ds, I might moonpig her a Happy Birthday Princess Cunt card and send it belatedly.

Do you think she would like that?

How about texting "Hell, I like you", just to mess things up a bit?

I think you send a lovely homemade card to SIL next birthday. With a touching verse inside:

Time so quickly passes
How the years do race
Another load of wrinkles deep
Adorn your precious face
Even your daily Botox
Soon won’t do the trick
Your lips are getting mean and thin
Bum, hips and waist so thick
I know you’re having photos done
Of the birthday scene
You’ll look so young, if camera lens
Is smeared with Vaseline

Love from
DoingTheBestICan

Send her a parcel with ever smaller boxes inside and in the smallest box put a struck match. Maybe don't put a label on... and post from a different town...

oldgrandmama I love that verse

I'm crying laughing at her getting so worked up over a card. Totally fucking mad.

Are you sure it didn't say '50' on it?

Love the cards above!!!!

I think not responding is better.
Imagine her checking her phone for days waiting for a response

I am picturing her repeatedly checking her 'phone and stamping her feet shouting "They haven't responded to meeeee"

I was hoping she had sent the message to you so you could guilt trip her with a response along the lines of "what a shame dh puts so much thought and effort into selecting a card for you" but it seems that nothing will come close to denting that rhino hide, except, perhaps, pretending she does't exist.

Madamecastafiore I love that idea, in fact I'd take it as a challenge to find an increasingly shit card each year, maybe buy a fathers' day card, a card for a three year old boy or recycle a (used) Christmas card, cross out the message and scrawl happy birthday in crayon, or make your own, ever more bizarre, macaroni and glitter cards with cut outs of frogs on them.

Actually, radio silence may indeed be the best way to go. She's used to being the centre of attention and probably expected the text to your DH to elicit lots of grovelling apologies and "we'll try to do so much better next year".

No response at all is the opposite reaction, and she'll go wild, as you're not paying attention.

Just textback", OK fine I was going to get you some manners for your birthday but I wont bother"

I'd be tempted to send her one anyway next year with the below in it;

Happy Birthday Dear SIL!!

Couldn't not send you a card, we hope you
Understand. Family birthdays should
Never be forgotten or overlooked. Hope you have a
Tremendous day!

'Jesus effing Christ riding a walrus. Okay. Our sincerest apologies for bothering to acknowledge your fairly unimportant milestones. In future, we will completely ignore your birthday. May you choke on your cake candles, you unutterable fuckwretch.'

Is what I'd text if I was brave enough.