Did I do something wrong here? How can I fix this?
I find myself questioning everything. I grew up in a very dysfunctional home. I have known this since I was 13, living on the streets and trying to figure out life.
My question starts with this. Two years ago, during a family outing, my husband’s only sister told me the only reason she and I have a relationship is because I invite her to things. During this same trip, she told me my stillborn babies “do not count,” but her stillborn and miscarried babies do. Because of this sudden revelation, I decided I would reduce communication. I limited myself to communicating once a month with each of his family members. Now the family doesn’t get together anymore. They rarely chat, and when they do get together, there is massive tension or only half the family is invited because someone forgot about the other half.
Outside of recognizing that I tend to overanalyze due to my past and plan everything or that I am frustrated at the lack of support for my stillborn children and my husband’s family’s poor efforts to have a relationship, did I do something wrong here? How can I fix this?
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