[quote=@Rusalka] ^Shorticus for President [@Kyuki] *pats your shoulder* I'd snap too if I were you. Don't worry. The Guild's always got your back. ^___^ [/quote] We should get invited to the wedding too. I won't ignore a wedding for petty reasons. Free food isn't easy to come by. [quote=@KnightShade] Don't have any experience with in-laws, but bitchy narcissistic relatives are a tick. 27 years ago my aunt made my mum cry by telling her she'd only got pregnant to get their dad's attention. Her main hobby to this day is guilt tripping and manipulating my Nan (the only family member who can't see through her bullshit) into giving her money, eating food she hates, and just generally making her miserable but having her turn it on the rest of her family and friends so she becomes more isolated from everyone else. Oh yeah, she also banned my Mum from visiting Nan in hospital, but my Nan doesn't know this and just thinks she's the perfect daughter. Anyway, I've watched my Dad get angry at her and vent to me about it. I've watched my Mum get stressed out over it and the toll that's taken on their marriage. Neither of those approaches seem to work. I only really got around to dealing with it when I realized how fucking pathetic you have to be to have nothing better to do with your life than hate your own family. You've got to see how much bigger and better a person you are by just trying to live your life well, while they have to tear down and compete to feel good about themselves. Try to forgive, and even pity them, because they should matter that little to you. [/quote] My grandmother murdered my dog to prove a point. That is a thing that happened.