Irritating rude sis in law..help plz..?

Question

my sis in law is always trying to make me feel old.iam a 28 yr old with a 2 montjh old kid.she is 26 and recently married to my brother.she always keeps saying"ur elder than me..ur so elder"..it fels weird.aloso..if i dress up in skirts or anything nice she is like"ur old.ur a mother of a kid..why do u dress up like a teenager?". or if i say i brought this thing from so and so place she is like" really!! ur able to spend so much for this little thing? i thought ur retired".what is her problem?how do i ignore her?

Answer 1

People that belittle others often have low self esteem and so they "pick on" other people to make themselves feel better.   You can't really change her, but you can change your response to her.  When she makes one of her snide comments again, just smile and say "you're just jealous".  Really, don't let her get to you - oddly enough, if she's insulting you, she really may be jealous of you in which case you should be kind of flattered.  Don't let her bring you down!