Dear LK: I uninvited my sister-in-law from our wedding

Life Kit

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🗓️ 10 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The bride said she was "pissed" because her future sister-in-law was bringing two unauthorized guests. Rachel Wilkerson Miller, editor-in-chief of Self magazine, explains how to smooth things over.

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0:00.0	Today on the show, my partner's sister tried to bring kids to my no-kid destination wedding.
0:05.3	So, I invited her. Was I wrong?
0:08.1	Dear life kit.
0:09.2	Dear life kit.
0:10.2	Dear life kit.
0:11.0	Dear life kit.
0:12.0	I have a question for you.
0:13.4	This is Dear Life Kit, a new special series from Life Kit and NPR.
0:19.0	How can I become a better caretaker?
0:20.6	How do I deal with my parents' unrealistic expectations?
0:24.0	And we're getting personal.
0:26.6	I'm catching feelings for someone, but they're married.
0:30.9	I'm your host, Andy Tagle.
0:32.8	Every episode will answer one of your most pressing and intimate anonymous questions.
0:37.2	To do that, we can pick an expert to talk you through all the nitty gritty details.
0:42.3	I was so shocked by this.
0:43.6	The fact that it's still going on raises a lot of questions.
0:46.9	That's Rachel Wilkerson Miller, the editor-in-chief of Self.
0:50.0	Rachel is a longtime service journalist and author of a Life Kit favorite, The Art of
0:54.3	Showing Up, which makes her uniquely qualified to answer today's complex question on wedding
0:59.4	etiquette and holding grudges against her in-laws.
1:03.0	Stay tuned.
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