Ok so I won't dwell too much on the background, but basically my MIL seems to heavily favor my DH's brother, his wife (my SIL), and their kids to me, my DH, and our daughter. Numerous instances of her going out of her way to lavish attention and praise on them, and while being critical and generally pissy with me and my family. I feel that I am very much negatively compared to my SIL (who has the same profession as me, and in some other ways is similar to me on paper). Anyway, this drives me CRAZY, particularly since my SIL has a loose grip on the truth and lies to make herself look better. FOR EXAMPLE (and here's where I need advice): my SIL told my MIL recently that her condo (which is around the corner from the Dept of Mental Health) cost A MILLION DOLLARS. Guess what? It didn't cost anywhere near that amount. But my MIL believes it, and has told me repeatedly that SIL bought such an expensive place (SIL's husband, MIL's son, doesn't work, so this is basically SIL lying to our MIL about what SHE has been able to afford/achieve). Anyway, I am still living in my rental, for various reasons (including that I got laid off this year), my DH and I haven't been able to buy a place yet. So again I feel like I'm being looked down upon because SIL "bought a million dollar home" and she's my age and in the same career. I finally looked up the price of SIL's condo on Redfin and am SO TEMPTED to send the link to MIL just to show her (1) the actual price of this "million dollar home" and (2) that SIL LIED HER @$$ OFF. Should I do this?
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