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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I each have one sister, both are not married (and no kids of their own). DH’s sister is super aunt - so fun, engaging, creative (likes to bring projects for them to do together), gets down to play and takes an active interest in my kids who are 3 and 7. My sister is super boring. Rarely gets down on the floor with them, is constantly on her phone when around them (so not engaged), etc. It matches my sister’s personality, unfortunately. Even her tone of voice reading a book (after the kids begging) is boring and often they lose interest and walk away.

Both of them live close to us and regularly come over, and more and more often they have been over at the same time (they both ask to come by at the same time) and it has become very obvious to my sister that my kids gravitate toward DH’s sister over her for all the reasons above. Now my sister is complaining about how we let the kids spend more time with DH’s sister which is why they are closer (not true at all) and that DH’s sister is trying to sabotage the relationship and one up her (also not true). She has asked us not to invite them over together anymore, which we have tried, but then she gets mad when I say DH’s sister is coming over so maybe she wants to find another time. Plus when DH’s sister comes over it’s actually helpful because she plays with the kids. My sister sits on our couch snacking and complaining about all the injustices and things that aren’t fair in her life, literally for hours. It’s exhausting.

The hard part is that I prefer DH’s sister to be around vs my own sister. She is fun to hang out and chat with in general and with my sister it’s like we are entertaining her.

Any recommendations for how to manage this? My sister is really making me crazy over this and it’s making me not want to see her at all.[/quote]

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