Plus: I don’t believe this wedding shower was for real.
I suggest approaching this as a conversation, versus a confrontation. Don’t use loaded words like “selfish,” “thoughtless” or “ungrateful.” Say to her, “I’m confused by your choice to take the kids on a cruise the same week that we proposed taking the whole family to Orlando to celebrate your father’s birthday. Can you explain your thinking?”
She needled and provoked and then found a way to blame me for her actions, which no one would discuss or correct.Finally, I stopped attending events when she was there because of the discomfort and lack of respect. These actions contributed to an estrangement from her family and, for a while, from my other siblings.I decline to visit because I want no further contact with the bully or her family.
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