The great news about parenthood: As the child gets older, they want a party with all their school friends, not their family! Then, older still, they want a sleepover party or going out to dinner/movie with close friends. And, your daughter will be busier with after school activities, so any SIL drama will be relegated to holidays and possibly weekends.

Does she have children? If so, once you had kids, she sees you as competition. If she doesn’t have kids, she sees you as “one up”.

I had this problem with my sister in terms of her being late and flaking out. (She really would, it wasn’t an excuse, she’s just an airhead LOL). I told her, “I want my kids parties to be about them, not about Where’s Auntie? When will Auntie be here?” So I ditched the fam. and just had parties. We would see them on holidays and an occasional weekend. I stopped inviting them to events.

Social Media: It’s true, if you delete or block there is drama. What I do is go on to the sites less and less in terms of posting. I “Hide” most people so I don’t get upset. I just chat privately with the peeps I actually like.

And, nothing creates distance like distance. If you move one day (because you want to, not because of your SIL!) you will be surprised at the sudden serenity!