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    I have been married for 2 1/2 years now and I have a 6 month old son. I have always had trouble with my in-laws but it just seems to be getting worse. I have tried to keep my mouth shut about things, I have tried saying something but I was nice about it, I have tried saying something but I wasn't nice about it. I have tried everything. My sister in-law got married when she was 4 months pregnant and my in-laws kept it a secret until after she got married. Her son was 3 months old when her and her ex-husband seperated, she fianlly got a divorce after being married for 7 months. I tried helping her and being there for her. My husband and I invited her over to our house a couple of times to watch movies and try to help take things off her mind. It went really well but then she just started taking advantage of us and it started to come in between my husband and I. After her divorce I found out I was pregnant but I lost the baby when I was 2 months along. The only thing she said to me was "The best thing in the world is to be a mom". That really hurt me. How could someone that I was there for not be there for me?? Well, as time went by I kept my mouth shut. My husband and I were having so many problems with EVERYTHING and we were going to file our divorce papers and instead decided to try counceling. Three days later I found out I was pregnant. We were so excited! BUT...my in-laws decied to make things harder on us and try to break us up (they didn't know I was pregnant at he time). My sister-in-law tried everything in her power to find something to tell my husband that I had did, and they were all lies. I texted her one day and asked her why she didn't like me, her response was "It is hard to like someone who took my brother away from us". A couple of days later we annouced I was pregnant. To make a longer story short...She did not want to have a baby shower for me and cancelled everything when she found out my sister was having one for me. So when my son was three days old my sister threw me a suprise shower with very few friends so my in-laws wouldn't find out. My son is 6 months old now and all my in-laws have done are go against our wishes on how we want our son raised. My husband has gone off on both of his parent and have told his two sisters to leave me alone, it has gotten that bad. But now that they were told to leave me alone they email me mean things and say things around town that we are getting divorced when we aren't. We actually had to move 200 miles away so we could work on our family. We went to my husband grandparent house tonight for Christmas and that was the first time I have seen any of them in 2 months. My sister-in-law has started using drugs and we won't allow our son to be alone with any of them. She got me a book for Christmas that is titled "Becoming a Woman of Excellence" and got my husband a booked titled "Hazards of Being a Man". I found it to be very insulting, she is the last person that needs to be giving us those kinds of books. Anyway....I need help, advice, and some control....I want to drop kick her so bad and rub her face in the dirt and it has taken everything in my body not to. HELP HELP HELP WHAT DO I DO...

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    Now don't go drop-kicking her!

    Seriously, though, it is HER problem that she blames YOU for "taking away her brother".
    That's just sick and immature of her from jump.

    Your in-laws have not yet accepted you for being their son and brother's choice in a wife. It's not YOUR FAULT. There's nothing you can do.

    And remember this also: a person that is jealous of another person will always blame the person they're jealous of for whatever goes wrong in their life.
    She got pregnant then got married; her marriage didn't work out and she's angry with YOU .... ????
    Her marriage was NOT your problem; but she may think if her brother was more available to her by NOT being married to YOU, she wouldn't have these problems!!

    That's wrong. You are not and never were her problem. Her problem is that she doesn't want to admit to herself that she's responsible, or at least half responsible, for her divorce--and responsible for a lot of other things wrong in her life.

    You & your husband have done the best thing possible: moved 200 miles away from those in-laws. They wouldn't be happy until they've completely broken up your marriage.
    And those nasty, cruel things she said about your baby... ??? Don't even worry about it. You are a mother now and you are going to be a good mom.

    I also had a female give me a silly book when the female called herself trying to tell me off ... in her own nasty way. She high-lighted every passage that she thought would insult me or tell me off. I didn't read the book, but my hubby read the high-lighted passages and said, "Don't even read that garbage. Just give her back the book. Those high-lighted parts are just what she's using to tell you off."

    I simply returned the book and told her, "I didn't have time to read your book, but here it is--thanks anyway."

    She had the most disappointing look on her face...!!

    Encourage yourself and think positively about your family. You now have gotten a fresh-start away from interfering in-laws.
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    Red face sister in law

    i know how u all feel who problems with inlaws..i have been with my fiance for 4 years and his younger sister hates me because she thinks im ugly and hates my personality and thinks her brother can do better then me when he loves me very much and i love him very much.. shes trying very hard to break us up and to turn him agaisnt me and its hard for him to tell her things cuz thats his sister and he loves her of course ..i dont want to come between them but i feel hurt and confused cuz i feel he should stikc up fo rme and our relationship regardless if thats his sister or not..especailly if he wants me to be his wife and motehr of his children ..i dont want to live liek this for ever if i marry him its not rite or fair wat should i do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by francinegarcia View Post
    i know how u all feel who problems with inlaws..i have been with my fiance for 4 years and his younger sister hates me because she thinks im ugly and hates my personality and thinks her brother can do better then me when he loves me very much and i love him very much.. shes trying very hard to break us up and to turn him agaisnt me and its hard for him to tell her things cuz thats his sister and he loves her of course ..i dont want to come between them but i feel hurt and confused cuz i feel he should stikc up fo rme and our relationship regardless if thats his sister or not..especailly if he wants me to be his wife and motehr of his children ..i dont want to live liek this for ever if i marry him its not rite or fair wat should i do?
    Francine,

    You can't change his sister's ways, but your b/f has to deal with his sister when it comes to you.

    If he's not standing up for you, then that's a red-flag and it shows you that he isn't strong enough to stand up for you before his family, and/or he thinks more of his family than he does the woman he's supposed to love.

    Watch your b/f's actions when it comes to situations with you and his sister.
    If he stands up for you, then that's a good sign he is really for YOU. If he can't, then don't waste your time, because he will always allow his family's opinions and wishes to come before YOU.
    Quitters never win; Winners don't give in

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    UR sister in law needs to get over herself and grow up! Maybe start by getting herself off drugs. Good for you and your husband and hopefully you guys have managed to have a happier life 200 miles away from the problem and raise your children. The important thing is that your husband respects you and moved his family in the first place. Blood is thicker than water to a degree...when the inlaws are getting in the way that's where the blood thins and it at no fault of your own it's theres. Sometimes you have to say "it's me or the dog"? What's he going to do...divorce you and marry the dog (his sister). Your husband and your kid(s) are your immediate family everyone else is the extended family and sometimes family just needs to be remindined of that. So at the very least maybe she might need her face rubbed in the dirt.
    Hope you've worked things out and best of luck to you and your family.

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    This is over a year old, getting on a year and a half. The Original poster hasn't been back in along time. Please lets focus on current posts.

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    Families can be so hard on one another, my advice is stick with it, it appears that your husband loves you very much to move you and your family away from the problem, at least that will let the two of you concentrate on your family. I would just let his family come to terms that their son/brother has to live his life and that he has chosen you to do that with, be good to one another and that new baby boy, everything else will fall into place or not. Send pictures and updates on your new family to them as to continue to include them and maybe they will come around for everyones sake if not then so be it but it is not your fault as you have tried. good luck to you and your family and stay strong and true to yourself.

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