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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.

But I wonder if OP could share the language of the email from SIL.

"Here's Larla's address at camp this summer in case anyone is interested"

is way different than:

"Please send Larla mail once a week so she doesn't get homesick"[/quote]

OP here. It was:

“Lucy and Lilly will be at camp X date to Y date. Please be sure to make camp extra special for them by writing them at this ADDRESS.”

It was not phrased as a request or “if you want to.”

I can see I’m in the minority but I’m okay with that. My relationship with them is fine, I don’t need to be their BFF. We all live locally and see each other plenty. [/quote]

[b]That phrasing was not a command, and it’s somewhat petty of you not to mail a postcard. [/b] [/quote]

I completely agree.  If you're offended by that, OP, then you must be a very unhappy person.[/quote]

Never said I was offended. Just a busy tired mom like everyone else and was irritated that I know SIL presumes I will do this for her brother. She KNOWS he isn’t going to. Why do women create more work for other women? That’s all. On principle I’m not going to. I think my nieces will be just fine with it.[/quote]

Yikes.  Your SIL isn't making more work for you, she is giving you a way to make a child happy but you're too stuck in your "they're not MY family" to see that.  I feel very sad for you and your short-sightedness.  You say that you're a tired "MOM."  You're a very sorry example of mom-hood imo.[/quote]

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