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August 16, 2005, 6:23 am PDT

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I sent a msg last night but it did not take I guess, anyway, I have not posted in awhile my old user name used to be nobody1, anyway the question is sil continues to cuss me out she made a fool of herself at her parents anniv. party she cussed me out for not being in room when her parents cut the cake, heck I did not even want to be at the party I was only there for my h anyway after the party she made up some lie like she always does and mil calls my h and says I ruined the party, she cusses me put in front of 15 people and I get blamed for it? what is wrong with these people? 

My h says to just let it go and that is what he has been doing for 46 years and it does not seem to be working for him or me she does not stop. I want to confront her on this and all of the other times she has done this to us because it needs to stop she had no right to talk to me like that and everyone knows it but everyone just turns the other way and lets her get away with it, and Im sick of it. she has talked to me, my son and my husband like we are dogs and I think it is time to put an 

end to it. What do suggest? Not to mention it well help me get rid of this anger I built up for 18 years. 

You need to get your anger out. The only way to do this is to confront the problem head on. Do it in a calm but "point noted" manner. No one deserves to be treated like that. Who does this woman think she is? If you allow her to continue to treat you and your family like this, it will never stop. Time to "nip it in the bud" now or one day you will explode and lose your cool on her and you dont need to stoop to her level. One thing that will help you loose some of your anger is by writing everything on paper, that you want to say to her. The more you read it, the better you feel. Then when you get ready to confront her, you will know what to say to her (in a calm manner) and how to say it. I would avoid her until you are ready to straighten her out. If I were cussed out in front of alot of people by my sil or anyone else, I would say to everyone there: "I am sorry that my sil or (whoever) acts like this, so I will leave so all of you can enjoy yourself". That not only lets everyone see how she is, but it also lets them see who the "bigger" person is.
 
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August 16, 2005, 4:33 pm PDT

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I sent a msg last night but it did not take I guess, anyway, I have not posted in awhile my old user name used to be nobody1, anyway the question is sil continues to cuss me out she made a fool of herself at her parents anniv. party she cussed me out for not being in room when her parents cut the cake, heck I did not even want to be at the party I was only there for my h anyway after the party she made up some lie like she always does and mil calls my h and says I ruined the party, she cusses me put in front of 15 people and I get blamed for it? what is wrong with these people? 

My h says to just let it go and that is what he has been doing for 46 years and it does not seem to be working for him or me she does not stop. I want to confront her on this and all of the other times she has done this to us because it needs to stop she had no right to talk to me like that and everyone knows it but everyone just turns the other way and lets her get away with it, and Im sick of it. she has talked to me, my son and my husband like we are dogs and I think it is time to put an 

end to it. What do suggest? Not to mention it well help me get rid of this anger I built up for 18 years. 

I agree with the other poster about writing down all that you want and need to say to her, its important that if you are going to finally confront her that you get out everything that you've been storing up for 18 years. Ignoring her behavior hasn't made things better, someone needs to put her in her place. You and your children don't deserve to be treated like dogs from this woman!  

  

Do you think that writing a letter to her would be more effective? I was just thinking that if you confronted her in person or on the phone, she might interupt you and change the subject towards other things, so it might be more effective for you to write a letter. It could be a calm letter, doesn't have to be nasty or anything, you don't want to stoop to her level. You don't even need to bring up the past and give specific examples, you can just let her know that from here on out you need her to show more respect towards you and your children because the way she treats others is wrong. I wish you luck with this...is it possible to just not see them again if she continues to be like this?  

Jen 

 


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