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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, I realize I'm at fault here not explaining what the project is or why I'm frustrated she texted me about it. DH is building a beautiful hutch for his mother's birthday and his sister was going to paint it. He's halfway finished and planned to finish this weekend. SIL agreed to it being finished this weekend. Yesterday she texts me and says "I'm just going to buy a hutch" and sends me a picture of the hutch she wants to buy.[/quote]

It seems like she knows her brother has a history of not calling back/avoiding her calls so she calls you. She sounds like a nervous, slightly OCD person, but is it possible that is because she knows her brother? Maybe he has been late with many things in the past, so she is turning to you for help? It seems like your DH knows how to handle her/not respond to her OCD behavior and calls and it might be a good idea if you did the same. Ask your DH how he ignores her behavior, and then do the same.[/quote]

He's never late. She's just impatient and thinks she has to have it that second. He doesn't ignore her. He probably would have called her and politely explain that he had already spent money and time building it and say she needed to be patient. Which would have lead to her saying ok and wigging out the following day. She will do this until she gets the hutch.[/quote]

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