In Laws BS

I was, as usual, irritated and annoyed by by In-Laws, who we saw recently in Blackpool. My step-mother in law (from now on referred to as J) seemed to very limited knowledge of me and my girls-she was surprised to hear that Chloe was gong up to Secondary school in September (even tho she almost certainly sent and signed the 11th birthday card from the week before) and she was unaware that I work Term-time-I've been in the same job for 3 years!? She did, however, have ample info on the child and family who were successful in their appeal to get into a primary school-where one of her "favoured" grandchild is trying to get in. This family have a disabled child and this seems to be the main reason that the sibling was given priority-well, disabled kids and their famlies DO GET ALL THE BREAKS, don't they?? In one short conversation she also slated a working Mother (albeit not a nice person) who is also a Cancer survivor-J really is on a roll.......