to think SIL was really out of order?  (74 Posts) dandelionmoon
Sun 07-Apr-13 17:43:59  My older brother is the only surviving
member of my family, and until he met SIL, we were close. I do
want to be fair here so I will say that due to not having any
other family members he could 'vent' to I probably heard the
downsides to their relationship as there was no one else he
could really talk to.  Quite soon into the relationship she
discovered she was pregnant (he was 34 and she was 29, so they
were hardly teenagers grin) and got married. Their first child
was born in spring 2007 and she stopped working to be a SAHM.
They had a really difficult period in their relationship after
this. My brother was made redundant from his job and managed to
get another one in a different area of the country. I accept it
must have been difficult for SIL during this time. They then had
another child in winter 2009, and another in summer 2012.  The
issue is around SIL working, or rather not working. She hated
her job before having