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[quote=Anonymous] I have an actual sister with your family (4 kids including twins, who are a bit younger than all the other cousins). I love her deeply, and spend more time with her family than other siblings,  but there are times when having her family come totally changes the dynamic of the event. You’re right that we can’t ‘not invite’ her when everyone else in the family is getting together, but there have been times when we’ve adjusted plans (say, me just having dinner with my parents and one of my other siblings instead of both my brothers families) because then we’d need to invite her family and having her family there just changes the whole dynamic, adding a layer of crazy and making adult conversation hard. Her kids aren’t bad kids, but it changes the group vibe. If she was “like family” and not actual family, there’d be less of an effort to accommodate her. Sometimes adding six people to the mix just changes things, even for an outside party. I would try not to let yourself think it’s because they don’t love and appreciate you.[/quote]

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