Okay, here's another one, but I am not related to her anymore. She was my ex husband's brother's wife. Nothing was good enough for her. Her daughter, monster, may revisit that one day in therapy. had to go to private schools, take English riding lessons. could not watch Disney movies. had to be dressed and spoken to in certain ways. It was all very annoying, since my sons were out in the dirt while she was doing all this, being kids. She used to give that child Lortab so she would sleep at night. Never faced up to the possibility that her child was fathered by, oh, Jeffrey Dahmer. (A possibility more real than you might think... 'nother therapy story. :roll: )
She went through a series on nannies. One was British and one was from France. OMG! Just get her a sitter, would ya? The SIL herself was never home, but her husband was, as he was a substitute teacher. He ended up staying at home with the little girl, as it should have been from the beginning.
She would call and want me to babysit her. I would have to tell her no, cause 1) my kids were a little freightened of the little angel, and 2) she came with such a long list of don'ts that I don't think I could do it please her. I swear, she had a kid so that she would have a picture to go on her desk at work.
When we went to family gatherings, I would have to get a little drunk to face her, and maintain that drunk while we were there. It was just really hard to hear all the stories about his wonderful and perfect life was, as her daughter ran about setting the dog on fire.
I understand the little girl has grown up to be a kinder, gentler creature despite her mother's efforts to create "mini me".