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[quote=Anonymous]Why are you talking to his wife and your husband instead of him? Call him out. SIL probably dislikes you because you are apologizing after the fact but doing nothing to stop the abuse in the moment. (Would you do that if it were physical jabs - wait for later and apologize for the hurt or step in to stop the hurt? Emotional abuse is not much different.) When he comments that he’d like his wife to do X like you do just say “Why? Betty dresses so stylishly already. Maybe you don’t understand what women like these days.” “Why does Betty need to do all the cooking? Bill cooks in our house too so you can easily make this as well” “Why do you always have to make a comparison? It’s really unnerving. Are you feeling bad about something? Does her impressive career intimidate you?” He’s keeping the upper hand here and you all are letting him be hurtful. [/quote]
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