'She will straight up ignore you': New sister in law gets called out for avoiding everyone in group setting

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 21, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

This person is baffled by her SIL's decision to attend family events—and then refuse to say a word to anyone. 

Maybe there's at least one person like this in every family. Sometimes there are underlying reasons why people aren't talkative at the function. If you go to a party and one person just won't chat with anyone, they tend to get ignored. If that's what they want, that's what they'll get. 

This person wasn't about to ignore the non-speaker at this family party, though. It seems like this woman's sister-in-law is just an extreme introvert. The way she acts is just odd, though. Instead of opting out of events with big groups of people, the SIL attends, and then ignores everyone for the entire night. 

It'd be one thing if the SIL was just ignoring people. But in actuality, she was being pretty impolite by rolling her eyes and staring at her phone whenever people tried to talk to her. If she just mentioned that she didn't want to talk, that'd be one thing. But by adding some snark to her reactions, it was just a matter of time before someone called her out for it. 

Next up, these people made some pretty silly one-star reviews—they answered their own questions in the reviews they wrote. 

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    'This has been brought up multiple times... the reason she gives is that she is an introvert'
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  • 02
    AITA for saying, I don't realize being an introvert also made you a
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    I may be the even if I feel like this was justified I (23F)will keep it short. My new sister in law is extremely ་ (25). She will straight up ignore you if you try to talk to her. She is never engaged with the group and always on her phone. One word answers are very common. Eye rolls. and so on
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    This has been brought up multiple time to both of them and the reasons she gives is that she is an introvert. I am also an introvert and know that means I get my battery charged by myself and not in group settings. It doesn't mean introverts don't know how to interact with people or be polite.
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    We were dinner for the youngest 21st birthday. After the food everyone was mingling. My mom tried to talk to her and got the cold shoulder. I went up and asked her while she was on her phone if she wanted a take home box for some cake. I was asking everyone this.
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    She ignored me, I asked again and she told me she is an introvert. Leave her alone. I snapped and told her I don't realize being an introvert makes you a
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    She looked shocked and my brother calling me a_ for this. We got I got an argument and the left.
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  • 08
    The family agrees that she is but I probably shouldn't hav said that. My sister asked why we even invite her to family events because she always acts like that. So outside opinion on this.
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    EchoMountain158. NTA Nope, she's just a straight up Being an introvert isn't an excuse to act like this.
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    Honestly, the way to go about this is to feed into it. Don't talk to her. Ever. Offer her nothing. When someone says "go get everyone" make it everyone but her.
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    Never acknowledge her or speak with her. Give her nothing. Invite her to nothing and don't remind her or call her over for anything. Ever. When she speaks don't even acknowledge her.
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    When she complains, throw her attitude back at her.
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    "But you're an introvert, so obviously you don't exist and can't be bothered. That's not my problem." Then eyeroll right back at her and go back to ignoring her.
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    1568314 NTA What a miserable person. I'm an introvert, and I have awful anxiety. Like, sometimes I cry from relief because I walked into the door of my house and it's quiet there. I still
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    know how to say "no, thank you." Rolling your eyes, ignoring people, acting like you're some entitled A- list star whose peons should've informed everyone not to talk to you or make eye contact. Please.
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    If her guidelines for being around your family are that no one is allowed to interact with her at all, then why tf is she there? Because no one believes she's so introverted that she literally can't function in society.
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    DueCherry2134. NTA, she's just and needed to be called out; an introvert wouldn't go out of their way to bring more attention to themselves and tell you to leave them alone and
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    remind you they're introverted when it takes less words and energy to just nod or say "yes" or "no" to the to go box... A TIP GOING FORWARD
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  • 19
    stop burdening her with invitations to any events going forward and stop interacting with her completely. If your brother asks why she's been excluded, just tell him you are respecting her desire to be left alone and that
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    you know she's an introvert and prefers not to be included in any socializing.
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  • 21
    LimitlessMegan NTA. I'm with your sister, why is she invited when she clearly doesn't want to be there?
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    KronkLaSworda. NTA to call her out. Being an introvert can make time spent in groups uncomfortable, but that doesn't give you an excuse to lash out at people, ignore
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    people, roll your eyes at people, and so on. She was being very to everyone and deserved some push back.
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