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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no way this happened. No way. As a prior poster said, it is inconceivably far from the realm of possible things to say to a teen. [/quote]

OP here.  It did happen, unfortunately, and yeah, I was there.  The friend had been drinking beer with my brother and was probably mildly drunk.

I'm not the mom, but the aunt.  The girl is my niece, and my brother her dad.

What I said after my niece left the room has caused a massive rift with our families.  My niece was planning to spend the summer with me, but now is not allowed to come.  I just feel so sad for her; she's so unhappy, and not just because of this.  My sister-in-law seems to really dislike her own daughter.  I don't know what happened to my brother: he wasn't like this years ago, and he used to be close to my niece when she was younger.  When I'm around them, I get a creepy kind of vibe, as if my sister-in-law is somehow jealous of my niece, who is her daughter.  It sounds bizarre and I haven't ever seen anything like it, but my poor, poor niece.  They are so hard on her, and she's really a great kid.  I don't understand it, but there seems to be little I can do.

My sister-in-law, when told of this episode, merely said that my niece "can be mouthy."[/quote]

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