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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 642343" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>I can so relate to this. I have a sis-in-law that has never liked me. The day my husband and I got married, after the reception she came up to my husband, her brother, and while sobbing uncontrollably hugged him and kept saying "I'm losing my brother". I found this very odd as did my husband.</p><p>For many years, every other year husband and I would travel 1100 miles to spend Christmas with his family. When this sis-in-law would come over to my husband parents house she would of course greet him with a big hug and proceed to look right through me.</p><p>My husband and my mom-in-law noticed this behavior and wanted to confront her about it. I told them not to bother, for whatever reason she did not like me and confronting her about would only add fuel to the fire. I told them that I was ok with her not liking me as I do not require any kind of approval from her. 12 years ago husband and I moved back here because my in-laws were getting older and needing more help so I now have to deal with her on a more regular basis. She still doesn't like me and I still don't care. When we have get together's I just tolerate her. One thing I do is I go out of my way to say hi and engage in some small talk. She already doesn't like me for whatever reason but I refuse to "give" her a reason by acting the same way she does to me.</p><p>Only you can decide if confronting them will have any benefit. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. If you choose to and it doesn't go well at least you tried.</p><p>There are always going to be people in our lives that don't like us and that's ok, there are some people I don't like but even the people I don't like I still treat them as I would want to be treated.</p><p>Wishing you all the best in dealing with this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 642343, member: 18516"] I can so relate to this. I have a sis-in-law that has never liked me. The day my husband and I got married, after the reception she came up to my husband, her brother, and while sobbing uncontrollably hugged him and kept saying "I'm losing my brother". I found this very odd as did my husband. For many years, every other year husband and I would travel 1100 miles to spend Christmas with his family. When this sis-in-law would come over to my husband parents house she would of course greet him with a big hug and proceed to look right through me. My husband and my mom-in-law noticed this behavior and wanted to confront her about it. I told them not to bother, for whatever reason she did not like me and confronting her about would only add fuel to the fire. I told them that I was ok with her not liking me as I do not require any kind of approval from her. 12 years ago husband and I moved back here because my in-laws were getting older and needing more help so I now have to deal with her on a more regular basis. She still doesn't like me and I still don't care. When we have get together's I just tolerate her. One thing I do is I go out of my way to say hi and engage in some small talk. She already doesn't like me for whatever reason but I refuse to "give" her a reason by acting the same way she does to me. Only you can decide if confronting them will have any benefit. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. If you choose to and it doesn't go well at least you tried. There are always going to be people in our lives that don't like us and that's ok, there are some people I don't like but even the people I don't like I still treat them as I would want to be treated. Wishing you all the best in dealing with this. [/QUOTE]
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