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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, of course. I would love to have more of a relationship with my sister's kids, but she is not only impossible to deal with (demanding, petty, needs every gathering to revolve around her requirements, which are man, and then is irritable and angry the whole time anyway) but she also uses her kids against other family members. For instance when she is unhappy with my mom, she will cancel plans for my mom to babysit or take one of her kids out on a special planned outing.

Basically, unless you cater to my sister's every whim, you aren't allowed to see her kids. And even if you do cater to her every whim, you still might not see them or be allowed to enjoy your time with them.

I have largely accepted this. Her eldest is in college. They are all practically strangers to me. I feel sad my DD has virtually no relationship with them -- we have family friends whose kids are "like cousins" to her, which is wonderful, but it makes me sad she has actual cousins who aren't really "like cousins" to her.

Family dysfunction sucks.[/quote]

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