AIBU to tell SIL to get fucked?

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SIL asked what we were up to this weekend. I said, as another storm is on the way, we were going to have some mulled wine and a cheeseboard while watching Christmas films. She then did cat's bum face and said she thought it was so gross that people do nothing but stuff their faces with unhealthy food in the run up to Christmas. She said this, by the way, in front of her teenage daughter who has struggled badly with body image issues. I said, lightly, that I'm very sleep deprived due to my velcro 5 month old and, as last Christmas (and for the whole 9 months of my pregnancy) I had hyperemesis gravidarum and was too queasy to enjoy any nice food, this Christmas I fully intend to eat all the cheese and all the chocolate. She rolled her eyes at me and said "whatever makes you feel better about yourself".

I said nothing but I wanted to tell her to fuck off tbh. AIBU?

She's clearly a deeply unhappy perosn. I'd just look down on her.

That's what she actually, genuinely said.

This! Please do this. Particularly with a storm on the horizon, she won't be able to get to yours and collect her daughter during the storm and you can be the cool aunt BIG STYLE here!

'Fuck off you miserable cunt' is a complete sentence.

Me too but I know from.experience it doesn't work. After multiple endless rants from.SIL about thr very particular car seat she needed for safety reasons while visiting family (we had offered the use of a car seat that did not meet her standards), I eventually snapped and said something like, "clearly you don't believe that wr are enough about our children because we used this seat for them!". Well, it didn't go well.

OP I think your sisters children go to school with mine. 🤣🤣. The one I am thinking of once emailed round a selection of healthy, sugar free recipes ahead of a school.cake sale....

You are unreasonable in not telling her to get to fuck!

Another way to tackle this is before she opens her mouth to voice her opinion you could get in there first with "...and SiL's opinion on what I've done wrong/we're doing wrong about X or Y will be along right now...So...let's have it...what have I done wrong now about my weekend in your eyes?" and leave her to either come straight out with her opinion or she'll have to bite her tongue and say "That's sounds lovely" or "Nothing".

I do like the suggestion about sending her a message about voicing her opinions so vocally in front of her daughter with issues.

Do a running thread with pictures. “We are starting off with this smooth little morbier and an impudent Chilean Chardonnay. Of course we have a box of Carr’s biscuits for cheese, homemade(sure) bread and some lovely Normandy butter with sea salt.” Keep it up all evening. Throw in a few comments about it all being not hpf. Hope there’s some lovely Belgian chocs to finish.

She can enjoy sitting in her hair shirt over Christmas the miserable twat.

Fuck you, where's the Foie?

A witches tit 🤣🤣🤣

Perfect for the MN script. "Did you mean to be so rude?"

But I would be prepared and at some time when the situation is right I would speak to her calmly and directly and say "You make a lot of remarks like that to me. Fair enough, you have your own opinions but could you refrain from speaking to me like that in future?"
She starts justifying blah blah
"As I said, you have your opinions, I don't need to hear them"

On repeat.

Still calm and direct.

Hold head high, keep Teflon ducks back slippy and slidy..

Unless you can actually go no contact.

Well she clearly doesn't make her daughter feel good about herself. Rude betch.

I would stick a piece of cheddar up each of her nostrils.

The moment's passed for this one but next time (sounds like there'll be one), just tell her that you didn't ask for her opinion, or that you'll give her opinion all the consideration it deserves.

"Oh, do unclench (you sour twisted battleaxe)" the last 4 words can be said in your head. Or not.

That's very "A Fish Called Wanda" of you, so it is 😆

Oh good grief! If you can't eat what you want at Christmas, when can you?!

I really dislike your SIL and I hope that she gets the winter vomiting bug and her hallway is carpeted with Lego every time she needs to go to the loo in the night.

Sounds like a reasonable response to me.

And my weekend plans are not dissimilar. I will go and run my local parkrun in the rain (if it's on) but otherwise will be hiding from the weather and drinking mulled wine!

When you crack it all open on the weekend I would send her a photo of it all.
IME people who make spiteful, diggy comments are generally feeling insecure about something. She’s probably jealous of your relaxed plans or paranoid about her weight or something.
She’s trying to drag you down to make herself feel better about something. So act unfazed and double down on it with the photo!
And enjoy!

You are not alone here, although occasionally she will entertain an apple, or those pre made smoothies.

You tell your SIL too much. I have a SIL I’d love to tell to fuck off, but I’ve realised lately that my energy and time is a finite resource, and I’m not wasting it on her.

SIL asked what we were up to this weekend

Not anything exciting, got loads of chores to do.

how I should have served fruit instead of cake at my four year old's birthday party.

Fruit instead of cake. Oh, what a great idea.

Also;

Do you? Oh that’s nice.
Hmm, nod head
Oh I don’t know
Have a great time
Not sure, haven’t decided yet.

Just don’t play the game. She wants an opponent, don’t give her one.