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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have yet to meet a person who is struggling with infertility make such a spectacle of themselves time and time and time again.  I hear about this sort of thing on DCUM but I have never encountered such a person IRL.

In fact, it's usually quite the opposite.  [/quote]

Pretty much. Sometimes people cry or make themselves recluses (including me). If I even said the least little thing, I would be attacked by my family--"well, you didn't have children early enough" or what my mother said to me "some women are just not meant to be mothers" So I keep my mouth firmly shut and see them as little as possible.

It could be that OP's SIL is just mentally ill as well as infertile? 
It sounds like this is a really extreme case and that the SIL is a real bully, as well as being very hurt.

Your DH needs to talk to his parents about all the money they are giving SIL--just let them know that SIL and BIL are responsible when the parents need money, because they are taking so much of it. If everyone would get together and firmly tell her you are sympathic, but it does not mean you are not having children--and if she does anything other than cry or leave the room she will be excluded from any future events at your house. Other people have a right to do what they want.[/quote]

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