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[quote=Anonymous]I like my in laws for the most part and we used to see them fairly regularly for lunch, dinner, theater, etc.  I never had much of a relationship with SIL because she was married and lived 2 hours away.  My husband isn't close with her and doesn't really like her that much.  Fast forward 5 years and she is now divorced and moved back to the area (no kids).  I can't stand her.  She has said some rude things to me and has had influence on her mom to see certain things differently which has changed how her mother treats me and dh.  She hangs out with her mom a lot, so we see my in laws much less often.  When they do invite us over, they also invite SIL.  When we recently invited them to our home, my MIL insisted that we invite SIL.  She knows there are issues between SIL, me and dh but thinks we should put "the elephant in the closet" and get a long for the day.  I disagree with this view.  So my two choices are either to get together with in laws less frequently or suck it up and be fake or ignore SIL at these events.  Even if we socialize less, I have to see her during the holidays.  What would you do?  And what do you do during holidays?  I don't want to punish my in laws by seeing them less and giving them less time with their grandkids, but I dread seeing SIL and miserable the week before each event, during, and sometimes after.[/quote]

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