The Birch Show.

She's established a nice little side hustle at the flea market, but now her sister-in-law wants to steal her business and infringe on her territory. Now, if you ever had any drama or if you would like some advice, you can always hit us up by going to The Bird Show.com and shooting us an email producer at The Bert Show. Abby's got this one. Hello, Bert Show. I'm struggling with something my sister-in-law asked me. Let's call her Nina.

So last year, my husband, Tom and I decided to start a small business. Very small. We resell a specific

small ticket item at a small flea market. We put a lot of time and energy into this business. We drive

three hours away to purchase these specific items to sell.

We bought tables and display cases. It's legit. We wake up at 4 a.m. every week to sell at display market.

We've enjoyed sharing our success story with our family and maybe a little bit too much.

My sister-in-law has been hinting for a while that she would also like to sell this specific item

at the same flea market

since she knows how we have been so successful.

Wow.

I told her nicely that by doing that,

she would basically be taking profits from us.

She had let it go for a while,

but now has gone to her mother

to ask my husband, her son, if we can let her buy and sell the same item so she can make some

extra money. For context, we have three kids and a grandchild. We're putting our oldest daughter

through college and I work part time and my husband

runs his own business. Nina has no kids and is a teacher and her husband is a contractor.

They make decent money, probably the same income as us. I told my husband that the only thing

I think would be okay is if she's going to sell the exact same item as us, but then go to another

flea market to sell. She said she likes this flea market because it's so busy, but she said

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