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[quote=Anonymous]My SIL is like this.  She expects the entire family to bend over backward to celebrate her or her daughter's every tiny occasion (she's a single mom, so they do) yet now that I'm pregnant with the 2nd grandchild on that side, she is nowhere to be found.  Is it annoying?  Yes.  But I haven't been doing things for my niece or her bc I needed payback, I did it because I wanted too.  She is clearly anxious about her role as the only mom in our generation being usurped by me since she always thought she'd have more kids and get married (which didn't happen).  She loves being the center of attention and now that her brother and I will have the little kids in the family, it's just sort of normal that the attention will shift a bit.

But I don't need her to be my cheerleader.  My family is ecstatic, I have tons of wonderful friends, and even my parent-inlaws will be great.  Is her glaring silence hurtful sometimes?  Sure, I can say it hurts my feelings at times.  But honestly,  I need to get over it and so do you.  My baby will have a cadre of terrific aunties and if one of the blood related ones isn't interested in a bigger role, that's fine by me.[/quote]

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