Oh PLEASE. You were outdoing yourself to be the Gallant to her Goofus. You were overplaying Good Daughter and she was acting up as Spoiled Brat. You were both making quite the spectacle of yourselves, and pulling the focus away from what it should be: a pleasant holiday. |
Buffet! |
Yes. If you can't see that, OP, you're just as much to blame as your SIL. |
| I really don’t see why people can’t serve themselves. |
Perfectly said. I especially love how every time you spoke it was “gently”. Lol. |
| Ignore the crazy, what else can we tell you? She is nuts, recognize her illness and petulant toddler behavior, and avoid, avoid, avoid. |
| Of course OP should talk gently to mentally ill SIL! Plus, many point to OP for treating SIL as a toddler, you act like one you get treated like one. |
This. You shamed her. "I look at SIL and say gently, "Britney you should be proud your brother is being a good husband." " |
Lol. Britney was being a complete brat but that little comment above takes the cake, Op. Could you have been more pretentious, Op? |
| You are all way too full of yourselves to eat at the same table - buffet from here on out! |
| OP, ignore those who are dismissive. I would have been peeved by the exchange that you described. I am sorry she is such a brat. |
| OP was trying to do something helpful. If everyone who commented says that's drama then wtf to you too. |
Britney was an obnoxious, inconsiderate brat. But Op was egging Britney's bad behavior on by doing the Good Daughter and Good little Wifie routine. The sugary way she spoke to Britney was gag inducing. I hope no one vomited right onto their plate or fell into sugar shock. It was appropriate to be helpful but the "Oh, what a good husband" and "what a thoughtful wife" thing was too much. Op jumped the shark. |
It's either that or curse at them back. OP chose to kill with kindness. |
Nah, that was a beautiful show of passive aggressive bullsh*t. Generally, it is not polite to dump bullsh*t on someone else's holiday table. No one feels like getting out the shovel at Thanksgiving dinner. Can the crap. Be nice and ignore SIL. |