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[quote=Anonymous]I've been married 15 years and DH has one brother.  He and his wife have been married 6 years.  After a 5 year infertility struggle they are finally pregnant (in third trimester now).  I have been trying to connect with SIL during her pregnancy--I send her occasional emails/phone calls to check in and say hi, all of which she ignores.  I sent her a helpful baby book which was also ignored.  Should I just stop trying and be resigned to the fact that they have no interest in a relationship with us?

Some background: DH and his brother, and his wife and us have never been close.  They live about 5 hours away by car.  We see them about once a year.  We had a child a few years ago (easily) and because of their infertility struggle they pulled away from us during my pregnancy and after and never really spoke to us while they were struggling with infertility.  I understood that and even though it was hurtful that they never acknowledged our child (like never asked about her on the phone, etc.) we gave them some space but I figured that now that they are finally pregnant they would be interested in a relationship with us, but it doesn't seem like it.

It would be nice to connect with them as this new cousin is going to be our child's only cousin (I am an only child and DH only has one brother).  Thoughts or advice?[/quote]

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