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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That sounds horrible, OP.  I'm sorry this is happening in your family.  I knew a family like this.  I think the sister's anger towards her family of origin was being fed by her husband.  I think he was purposefully trying to cut her off from her family.  Then she started getting jealous of the other sister because she believed the parents favored her.  Very sad situation all around.  The family was really broken hearted by her behavior.  She just cut them all out of her life.

Has anything changed in your sisters life? New boyfriend? New friends? New activity? Drugs? History of abuse that you don't know about? Mental illness? [/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for the empathy, PPs.  I don't know what triggered this episode in my sister's life.  I think she was seeing a new therapist or something or maybe her meds changed (she has OCD and social anxiety).  She's not married and has no kids (she doesn't want them).

I guess there's just nothing to be done.  My mother doesn't speak to her siblings (dysfunctional alcoholic family dynamics) and I always took comfort that my sister and I would never be like that.  Yet here we are.  I'm really struggling to be happy during what should be a super special time in my life with my newborn.  I just really feel rebuked by my only sibling. [b] I feel everyone's going to assume I'm some awful person whenever it comes up that she hasn't visited or met my child because why else would someone ignore their neice/nephew? [/b] This just sucks.[/quote]
Oh please try not to worry about that OP! I wouldn't assume that at all, if I even noticed. At most I might think 'oh, I guess they aren't close'. I wouldn't even wonder why, you never know another family's dynamics. Please don't assume people will rush to judgment about you.[/quote]

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