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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Apparently, "my" actions have caused a rift in the family.  My MIL sent an email and excluded me from the distribution list.  Trust me, it was on purpose.  My DH is really upset.  It's very sad.  [/quote]

This sounds like it's out of control. A situation like this happened in my family where I was blamed for something someone else accidentally did. Despite the fact that at the time everyone agreed I hadn't done the offending act, [b]I was eventually forced to apologize - with the actual apology dictated to me so that I repeated it, word for word - for having caused the problem that I hadn't caused. [/b]
Unless your DH is really completely supportive of you, you may have something like this to look forward to weeks down the road.

Many other problems in my family, and I eventually had to cut off contact with them a few years ago. They still talk about the time when I caused the problem that I didn't cause, by the way.[/quote]

I don't mean to be snarky but how did they 'force' you to apologize for something everyone agreed you didn't do?  What you describe sounds insane and I'm wondering why it would be worth it to continue a relaitonship with people like that.  "Because their family" isn't sufficient.[/quote]

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