Does anyone else have family like this?

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About 5 weeks ago we found out we were having twins.  Ever since I got pregnant my brother in laws wife has been telling me that my other brother in laws GF was jealous and trying to get pregnant and saying a whole bunch of crap.  About 2 months after I find out I am pregnant I find out that the BIL's Wife is the one trying to get pregnant not the other brothers girlfriend.  Well about a week ago she calls me and says she is pregnant, while her husband and sister are saying there are no lines on the test.  She went to the Dr and he also told her she was not pregnant.  She will not return any ones calls or text anymore including my mother in laws.  We found out what the Dr said because of her husband.  I'm not the type to want alot of attention which is weird because I am an only child, where as she is an oldest and always has to be the center of attention.  My mother in law was more worried about how she would handle having a second baby instead of me dealing with a 5 year old and a set of twins.  Isn't that bad?  What I'm wondering is, is it wrong of me to actually want some attention for once and to feel like she is trying to get back in the spot light?  If it helps everything got worse with her when we found out one of the twins was a girl.  It will be the first granddaughter and the 4th grandson.

Right. · Accepted Answer

I know what you mean about wanting some attention and also feeling selfish about it.
I know our stories aren't the same but when I got engaged to my boyfriend, I was so very excited and as we girls do, I started looking around the wedding things with one of my sisters who seems more excited about it than I am!! About a week later, my younger sister got engaged as well and also said she was pregnant.  From then all attention went to her, how she was feeling, what the baby is, name ideas and even some wedding plans (she's not planning on getting married for a few years)...I felt a little cheated and yes a little jealous I admit.
I fell pregnant last November and I felt like there wasn't enough excitement for me because everyone was still talking about her pregnancy and her wedding. She gave birth a couple of weeks ago and so she's back on the wedding plans and with that and all the new baby commotion, I still feel a little jealous. I'm 30 weeks now and I still feel like I don't get any of the attention.
However, I did feel a lot better (and bad at the same time) because today I was thrown a wonderful surprise baby shower and through all the lovely presents, I have everything I need for my baby now.

It's not bad to want some attention.

Mama J · Answer

It's definitely not wrong of you to want some attention. You're the one that's pregnant and everyone should be happy and excited for you right now instead of worrying about this women who is obviously just crying out for attention out of jealousy.

Kaitlyn R · Answer

Yeah it sounds like she just feels 'neglected' which is really annoying. My cousin's ***** of a girlfriend tried to pull that after I got pregnant but since she lives with his mom it was kind of obvious that she was still getting regular periods. 

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Obviously she is just being selfish during your time to shine. You'll still get attention haha :)

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