Posted by Susan47 on June 14, 2005, at 22:20:22
In reply to Re: Margie, Please Accept My Apologies, posted by Margie24 on June 14, 2005, at 0:04:54
I know this isn't all in your own head. Wives can freeze out SIL's and they do, maybe you've got one of those type for a SIL. I've been on that side of the fence, as well, where my brother's wife couldn't stand any of his family; a lot of the reason I think is because of the stuff he told her, the way he was raised was really really bad, the way she saw it. Because she loved him, I guess, she got angry on his behalf, sort of, I think. Then that started her pulling him away from us, the family .. but the weird thing is, I never felt like I was part of the family, I felt like she was judging me from what she'd heard, and talked about with others, and her opinion of me just got worse and worse, and finally there was just nothing anybody could do to salvage that relationship. I used to go over there and after a visit with my brother's wife and kids, sometimes I just drove home sobbing, because I was so frozen out, but it wasn't because of me, she was cold, just so very proper and cold. She was like that to a lot of people.
It just sounds like your new SIL might be like that, too, maybe, from the sounds of the wedding itself, seems like nobody was really having a good time, maybe everybody else feels the same way about her that you do?
Hmm.
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