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[quote=Anonymous]My SIL is nearly identical to yours -- older, single, going to stay that way because she drives men away. The end wasn't happy. The men she's alienated now include her brothers, including DH, and her concerted efforts to alienate GFs over the years didn't help.

I don't know what to tell you because everything I did backfired. That's the thing about prejudice. SIL predetermined that she'd hate me and then lived out her self-fulfilling prophecy, an especially bad choice because DH can't stand when people tell him what to do. Over the years, the damages built until SIL's relationships with DH and BIL (DH's brother) were severed.

Protect your relationship and your kids. If SIL is determined to spew hate, the best you can do is focus on the reason you married DH: you love him. It's SIL's relationship with her brother that she's ultimately throwing away. It's DH who's really being torn by this. Hold on, support him and remember -- only he can work out his conflicts with his sister.

The greatest gift you can give to your kids is for you and DH to model love for each other and to raise your kids to value each other as siblings through life and to love each other unconditionally.

I hope this helps.
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