Last time we invited my elderly SIL over with her husband she talked about her medication for nearly an hour, then talked to my husband all the time, mainly about local past events which are not relevant to me, as my own family live some distance away. She ignored me the whole time, and before she went had the cheek to ask me if I was bored! I responded politely!
I've known her for some years and she knows little about me, never having shown an interest, and though my husband gets annoyed with her and her husband (mainly her husband) he doesn't want to break contact as she is his only relation, though a half sister. We don't get invited to many family functions (maybe once a year) and are ignored over Christmas. Things have actually got worse since my husband had a stroke over a year ago, and we have had no help from his family. This is really doing my head in, as I don't want to quarrel and leave my husband with no family to talk to. It seems to work best when he goes down to see them on his own, but I'm not sure if that is really the solution. Any advice would be appreciated.