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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the people criticizing the brother and SIL--they are not writing in for advice.  It doesn't actually matter whether their withdrawal was justified.  OP is writing in, and the advice has to be to her.  So, yes, she can feel self-righteous or nurse her hurt and offense, but what good will that do her?  She now knows that her brother and his wife struggled with infertility for years.  She can choose to have compassion for them, forgive them for the slight, and move forward, or she can choose to make it all about her and be right but isolated and angry.  Personally, I'd choose the former.  I wouldn't feel the need to punish my brother, or withhold affection from my niece or nephew.  You don't have to impose consequences on them if you don't want to, and I wouldn't want to.  Because I'd rather have my family be close than be right.  [/quote]

OP's brother & SIL already aren't close to her, and it's not clear that they want her to forgive and forget and be close. It's not even clear that they apologized or said it was due to infertility. And OP doesn't have to be isolated - it's not like her brother and his wife are her only chance to avoid isolation.[/quote]

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