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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister had a breakdown after suffering from depression and was hospitalized due to comments she made to several people about harming herself. She received treatment and medication and seems much better.  That said, I would never trust her alone with my children again. I know of several suicidal people that later physically harmed their spouse, children or their spouses' immediate family.  Your sister is a single mother and has had to make decisions regarding her child's welfare unilaterally. Perhaps she feels tentative about getting too close to your family since that will involve her and her child being in close proximity to your husband more often. She may be comfortable attending a lecture with you now but may be hesitant about extending it further at this time. Give the relationship time to be reestablished at the pace that feels right to her. [/quote]

+1.  It's hard for you to hear, but I don't think your sister is being unsupportive or irrational with respect to your husband.  I would not go out of my way to be around someone who had a mental break if I was a mother with a young child, especially if that person was, frankly, merely an in-law and therefore not someone I'm forced to reckon with, like for example, a spouse.[/quote]

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