Anyone else get annoyed when you're invited to something fairly run-of-the-mill and told "It would mean so much to me if you'd come"? My SIL is a nightmare for it. Every invitation is followed by " It would mean a lot to me if you came ". This includes birthdays etc but also things like the time she had some overseas friends coming and decided we all (all her siblings, their partners and children) had to go out for dinner, or if she randomly decides to have a family barbecue because we're all so special to her (seriously).
I really don't believe that it means that much to her if I'm there, and I think she says it to guilt-trip people into attending. DH gets sucked in every time - as soon as she tells him that his presence would mean " so much" to her, he thinks he has to go.
An I being unreasonable to think that she cannot possibly care that much whether I go to these events? And does anyone else get annoyed by the use of this phrase for every day events?