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[quote=Anonymous]OP your heart is in the right place. For whatever reason, your SIL is prickly about your kid-related advice. Could be that you're older and have some experience, and she feels insecure in comparison, could also be that your brother seems to default to asking you thereby making her feeling even more insecure. Your response to him to defer to her is a good start.

Re the gift thing. If she's shown already that she didn't care for small gifts, your insisting on giving it and even attaching a note saying feel free to donate is going a bit too far. Ask yourself, is the gift giving for you or for her? You get something out of it, so you keep giving. But she clearly does not, and has made it clear. Please stop giving gifts and wishing for a difference response.

It sounds like you two are just very different people and have different approaches to things. That's ok. She seems immature, frankly. Though if someone asked her, I'd suspect she'd say you're a bit smothering. Take her lead when it comes to your nephew. [/quote]

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