Cannot stand sister-in-law. Seeing her tomorrow.

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11/27/2013 15:36

Subject: Cannot stand sister-in-law. Seeing her tomorrow.

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Ever since I met my sister-in-law I have never liked her. She's a very nice person but she's shallow and lives in a fantasy world. Worse part is she assumes everyone should join her in her fantasy world. I've done my best to not say anything too negative about her in front of my wife because my wife loves her. But, her sister has said/done a few things this past year that wanted me to punch her in the face. Here's just a sample of why I cannot stand her:

1. She never made it on her own. She moved to NYC and ended up $50,000 in debt in which her parents had to bail her out. Then she ended up marrying a very nice guy who's a surgeon (I really like him, great guy). He makes over $400,000 a year and they live out west where he works. Throughout her entire life she's been a shopaholic. All she cares about are $5000 bags and expensive stuff. She'd never buy anything that wasn't "designer". I hate it and I come from a very wealthy family. But, we are grounded so to speak.

2. Wife and I recently had a baby and she bought us a freaking $2000 diaper bag. Yes, that's $2000. Hell, that's half my mortgage. I could have gone to Target and gotten a $49 bag that does the exact same thing. She also buys my baby designer clothes for $50 a pop that will only fit her for about three weeks. It drives me up the wall. It's not that we can't afford the same, it's just you don't waste money like that.

3. After the birth of our baby my wife went into deep postpartum depression. I ended up taking six weeks of leave from work and staying home. I was basically a single father for the entire time. I slept with our baby, fed my wife, etc. I did everything because she was just completely out of it. Her sister gave her some really bad advice which made me very angry, enough to almost call her sister and bitch her out on the phone. It really bugs me when people try to give advice when they're not in the picture or have any idea of what's going on. But, due to her sister's stupid advice my wife went into worse depression.

4. My sister-in-law always says "life's short just do it" or "life's short just buy what you want". Must be nice living in fantasy world because even though I'm in the top 5% I don't waste money. Income is hard to earn. I don't have a money tree in my backyard. House, cars, food, expenses, college, etc are all expensive. It really ticks me off when my sister-in-law acts so irresponsible. To this day it boggles my mind how her husband married her because he's very much like me. In fact we talk about our wives behind their backs...trading information and figuring out how to "deal with them" (in a joking manner). He's a great man who was raised by hard working parents. Even though he makes $400,000 a year as a surgeon he doesn't buy expensive stuff and is never stuck up.

Tomorrow I'm seeing my sister-in-law for the first time in over a year, and I'm not looking forward to it at all. Firstly, because I never cared for her. But, secondly is because of her stupid comments to my wife during her postpartum time. It was a horrible time for me and my family. The last thing I want is to blow up in front of everyone tomorrow because I do hold a great deal of negativity towards her inside.

Ah, the holidays...hate them.

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