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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But saying "one and only" is making it damn clear she doesn't consider the others family. She could've just said "my niece Larla". It's a distinction made to hurt people.[/quote]

I think this pp probably nailed it, however; given the replies, it sounds like we'd need to know more about the context of the conversation, OP, and if this type of distinction is usual in the "aunt's" family.

Also, as a tangent, I think it's also what people do, not just say.  My FIL goes on and on about how family is everything, family this, family that, every f'n toast is to "La Familia" because he learned during is time in South America that family is everything blah blah.

When he's meeting with his sons (one is my DH) about the (small) family business that his kids are part of, even though this business affects our taxes, he won't have the spouses in the room even though the sons want the spouses in the room.

The in-law wives' birthdays are forgotten.

Last time FIL came to our house, his sons were there and the sat down together for hours while in-law wives did dishes and stood around and were not invited to sit with them.

These are sort of petty examples but hopefully you get the point.  All this "family, family" is just a bunch of talk.  And setting the stage for him to come live with one of us in-law wives.[/quote]

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