Greedy and bitter cousin-in-law; what to do?

AvaQuaver

And do I invite their children to my little girl's future parties?

thorsoak

AvaQuaver wrote: »

And do I invite their children to my little girl's future parties?

No, I wouldn't ...especially if the parents attend! Just send cards - don't get into a tizz about it, life's far too short to worry about people who behave like this.

*Louise*

It never hurts to send a card and be the bigger person and show you are still thinking about the child.


Gifts would definitely be out though, not because of a tit for tat situation but because they obviously arent appreciated.


At gatherings, just be as polite as you normally would.

Rev

You're hurt FOR your little girl. She couldn't care less I imagine. This isn't a big deal. It's not like one of her parents have abandoned her etc and she'll be missing out on a lot of things. Some random relative didn't invite her to a party.

Life is far too short to worry about stupid little things like this.


My cousin had a baby about four years back. I doted on him. She had a very low income at the time and I bought him everything from clothes to prams. Anything he needed he got. For three years. Despite me literally paying for her child and minding him 5 days a week she couldn't be bothered to buy me a birthday card (I didn't want a gift. Just a card), one made by the baby even but she couldn't be bothered to fold a bit of paper in half and get the baby to scribble on it.


So I stopped bothering. Simple. I didn't get in a tizz about it. Didn't feel angry. Just stopped bothering. You should do the same.