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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sort of like SIL. I'm single with no kids and not much money. I live near my brother and his family. If they invite me for holidays, I go. If they don't, I am home alone. Am I sad that they're going to Mexico over Thanksgiving and going to meet my SIL's family there and nobody invited me? Yes. Will I complain to other family members about it? No. That's not my way. I'll just be a little sad by myself but mostly just fine, having the same kind of evening/weekend I normally have. [/quote]

An honest question- why do you think you should or would be invited to join your SIL and her family for thanksgiving in Mexico? [/quote]

I don't. It'd just be nice to have been invited, that's all. [/quote]

But don’t you feel like a third wheel intruding on their vacation?[/quote]

So little empathy these days. After my paternal grandmother died, my mothers family went out of their way to include my bachelor uncle in holiday dinners so he wouldn’t be alone. Did they have to? Of course not. But it costs nothing to be kind. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes and think about how you would feel. But apparently that’s asking too much of our self-centered culture these days. [/quote]

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