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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t go to my brother’s wife’s shower because I know she doesn’t like me and has never made an effort to get to know me or come to my events. I wish them well and hope all goes well with the birth, etc. but don’t plan on having a relationship with this child so didn’t feel the need to go. [/quote]

NP. I don’t particularly like my brother’s wife and my brother and I aren’t super close, but I would never refer to their baby as “this child” so coldly, and would never withhold affection and attention from an *innocent baby who was my family* because the mom and. I aren’t best friends. And guess what? The more I make connections with my niece, the more my brother connects with me and my family, and the more open and cordial his wife has become with me. See how that works? You sound awful. [/quote]

You’re assuming a lot here. IDGAF if my brother or SIL ‘connect with me and my family’, don’t want a relationship with them. What I meant was, it’s unlikely I’ll have a relationship with their child since my relationship with them is bad. I certainly wouldn’t be unkind to a child. [/quote]

You’re already saying you—your words—“don’t plan on having a relationship with this child.” Wow. That’s unkind right there.[/quote]

Let me spell this out for you PP…brother and SIL don’t like me, I don’t like them. We avoid each other and don’t speak outside of having to see each other once or twice a year at family gatherings. Given that I do not have a relationship with the parents, I wouldn’t expect to have one with their child, simply because we won’t be seeing one another much. Are you close with a lot of children of people you don’t get along with/people you rarely see? [/quote]

Um yes. The majority of my students. [/quote]

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