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[quote=Anonymous]This has been an ongoing, lifelong thing. My mom not so subtly favors my sister. Most of the time, it's not much of an issue, but once every couple years, it comes to a head and I just get pissed off. It builds because the times I do see my mom, she basically talks about my sister 90% of the time.

Background - I am a WOHM with a young child. My DH works full time and between our two incomes we do well for ourselves but are very conservative with our money. My sister is a SAHM with a young child. Her DH works full time + and between his one income, they do very well for themselves (probably comparable to us) but are not at all conservative with their money. They just bought a pricey house which (by their own admission) is a stretch for them financially.

As I work full time, my child goes to daycare/preschool full time. My sisters child does not attend any care outside of the home. We recently had to switch my child to a new daycare and last week was rough with hysterical drop offs, stressful work deadlines and my husband being on his quarterly deadline where I basically single parent for 2 weeks straight once a quarter. It was hectic and I was glad when the week was over.

I was spending time with my family this weekend and just sharing what a crazy week it was. My mom jumped in and compared my situation to that of my sister's "Oh little Larlo (my nephew) has had SUCH a hard time adjusting to the new house" and how she was going over there to help watch my nephew so my sister can organize the house. She totally interrupted me and disregarded what I was saying (as typical for her) and didn't even ask if my child was doing better with drop offs, if we needed any help, etc. I just got so irritated that I blurted out "Oh yeah, must be really rough to transition from one million dollar house to another. Talk to me when you have to drop your hysterical child off at daycare and physically pry them off of you so you can then drive 80 mph in rush hour traffic to get to your job by 7:30am.". She acted like I was really out of line, but I'm just stating the obvious. My sister has a cushy life where her biggest problem currently is organizing her walk in closet (which of course is shown step by step in videos on Instagram). Neither she nor my mom ever seem to acknowledge this and it drives me crazy. Would it kill her to just say "Oh man, that sucks. What a crappy week. Let me know how I can help." I just didn't have the energy ...[/quote]

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