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[quote=Anonymous]It's very difficult once a sibling is treated like an outsider, to find a way back in.  My MIL/FIL and SIL and her family spend all their time together and go on trips together, and they exclude their son/brother (my husband).  They seem to blame me, but we all know it's been going on since their childhoods.  MIL is literally afraid of SIL, and together they control everyone around them and sweep things under the rug.  They stopped trying to work something out a long time ago.  It hurts my husband who continues to offer invitations and make himself available to spend time with them.  There are cousins who are around the same age that have gone several years without seeing each other.  We continue to send gifts back and forth - it feels so shallow.  I don't think your SIL is "trying to cut ties" at all.  She probably, like me, just wants her husband to stop feeling hurt about being the outsider in your family.  I know they didn't respond to emails for a while, I'm guessing that they were hurt about the situation wtih your Mom.

I don't know a way to make things better.  But please don't blame this on your SIL.  Talk to your mother and brother and try to arrange some time together.  [/quote]

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