It sounds like your sister in law has some serious inferiority issues that she isn't dealing with! Everything has to be one-upped between you two. That is an irritating situation for sure.
Where is your fiance? Is he involved with this? If not, he should be. Your fiance's family should not be taking sides, especially when all they hear is hers. And because it is his family, he needs to be the one to explain that there are two sides to every story, and perhaps even tell the SIL to knock it off. The solution to me is to ignore her, stop sharing any communication with her except for being cordial at family gatherings. She can't keep competing with you if you don't give her any details to compete with. Again, you need your fiance to back you up if the family doesn't like the action you've decided to take. If he is to be your husband, then you two need to show a united front.
As for all the trouble with the announcement of the wedding, and the planning copy-cat, etc... Really, as annoying as it is (and I do sympathize, that would get under my skin too), it is only 1 day. You've said yourself that you have been with your fiance for many years, and she has been with her fiance for 1. You've already proven that the two of you are meant to be together - so who cares if she has the same wedding colors and other ideas? Who cares when she annouces her engagement? These things are trivial when it comes to what the wedding is all about anyway. Your union. Keep thinking about your upcoming union with your future husband, if you do that, the fact that this crazy lady is stealing your wedding ideas may seem much less important. And that will help you to not let her get the best of you (which is what she wants).




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