A week or so ago, I had an exam that was a huge stressor on my already overfull plate, and it was making me really anxious. Day before the exam as I am prepping and trying to calm my nerves, I get a call from DH who says that I need to pick up my sibling-in-law because they’ve been rear ended on the freeway on possibly the hottest day of the year (so far, anyway). I am obviously frustrated but after a lot of back and forth I decide go because the alternative was leaving them stranded on the freeway with their dog while it was 107° F. DH was at work and MIL was 2 hours away. Whatever.
While I am driving to pick sibling-in-law up I get a call from MIL profusely thanking me for doing it despite how anxious and stressed I am and how much she appreciates that I am someone that will do something like etc etc., lol. Then she states that sibling-in-law is not doing well because they’d recently gone off their meds (which is….. just a thing they do??) and this kind of thing (i.e. being in an accident) is going to push them to the edge. I just don’t engage. Then MIL goes “Oh btw, I sent your fancy non-dairy cheese and salad dressing in the fancy Weck jar with sibling-in-law! I don’t think they got it out of the car because that wasn’t a priority, but I will buy you replacements for both.”
Now, I am not actually expecting her to replace those things but it’s the principal. Should I stir the pot and be like “Hey, so what’s the update with my things that were left in the car? I’m guessing they were toast?” so it gets back on her radar? 👿
I am feeling so petty and frustrated with the lack of follow through on the grand (and mundane) declarations this family has a habit of doing. Someone talk me out of it, haha.
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