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[quote=Anonymous]SIL and her family are visiting for a week. On a few occasions, my SIL has repeated things her kids have said about me that are not so nice. She says these things in front of her kids.

Examples...

SIL: Larlo told me he doesn't like your food. He said your cereal tastes like tree bark but I told him it's because auntie likes to eat all organic stuff.
SIL: Larla asked me why you never laugh and smile. I said that maybe you are so serious because you went to school for so many years.

So there is an obvious read-between-the-lines message here!

So far, I have tried to laugh it off and just joke about what a beastly mean auntie I must be for buying bran flakes and not smiling enough. The second comment came while I was playing a board game with her child, so although I'm not the crazy/silly aunt, I'm not avoiding her kids either. For what it's worth, she seems like a nice mom to her kids and a nice aunt to my kids overall. We live across the country from each other, so I haven't spent much time with her over the years.

Ultimately, I feel hurt, but I also feel embarrassed for her kids who are being outed for saying things about me when I'm not there.  I'm just trying to ignore it, but if anyone has suggestions for how to respond, I'm interested.[/quote]

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