On the day my sister-in-law returned to her parents' home after her wedding, she praised my son for being good-looking, and I splashed a glass of water on her. Half a month later, she got divorced.

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On the day my sister-in-law returned to her parents' home after her wedding, she praised my son for being good-looking, and I splashed a glass of water on her. Half a month after returning home, she got divorced.

Our family recently gained a new "ancestor," and I think she is even more headache-inducing than my son, who is only 5 years old. Her return has turned my life into a complete mess. But my mother-in-law does not think anything is wrong at all. Even if something is wrong, the one who is wrong can only ever be me.

It seems that my husband's family has had "more males than females" for nearly a hundred years. Among the newborns in relatives' homes within three degrees of kinship, the male-to-female ratio is severely imbalanced, reaching an astonishing 9:1, meaning that out of every 10 babies on average, only one is a girl. Everyone probably knows what kind of concept that is.

Among my husband's generation, my sister-in-law, as the only and youngest girl, was doted on by all the elders and older brothers in the entire family. Although she was not a princess, she lived more proudly and happily than a princess. She is the kind of girl who was spoiled to the bone, never put others in her eyes or heart, and had long been used to being protected by everyone. Half a year ago, before she got married, she often competed with my son, who was then only just over 4 years old, for attention and was jealous of him. It made me feel embarrassed every time, but my in-laws did not take it seriously. In their eyes, my sister-in-law stood out alone, and since rare things are precious, she deserved special treatment.

When my sister-in-law got married, the dowry her family prepared for her was much more lavish than the betrothal gift they gave me when my husband and I got married. After learning her status and importance in the family, I did not feel jealous either. As long as she no longer lived before my eyes from then on, all would be peaceful. She was truly too much of a troublemaker, and I was somewhat afraid of her. Three days after she got married, she returned to her parents' home. At that time, my son was playing with his toys by himself and did not greet anyone. My sister-in-law felt she had lost face, so she ran over directly, grabbed both sides of my son's cheeks, and praised him for being so good-looking. My son's face immediately had deep finger marks, and she even pinched his skin broken. He burst into tears at once. I was heartbroken, walked over, and directly splashed a glass of water on her. As a result, she started making a huge scene like a shrew. When my mother-in-law saw this, she was heartbroken and blamed me. She said I had nothing better to do than make trouble for her precious daughter. She was only joking with her own nephew, so how could we, as grown adults, have no sense of humor at all and only know how to protect our own child? I felt deeply wronged. Wasn't she the one who indiscriminately defended her own daughter? What standing did she have to criticize me?

I never expected her marriage to last less than half a year. Not long ago, my sister-in-law got divorced and returned alone to her parents' home to live with us. It turned out that her in-laws had also fully experienced her arrogance and willfulness and felt that the family was like enshrining a female emperor, which was unbearable. They also recalled my mother-in-law's attitude of indulging her in everything and felt that a woman like my sister-in-law was incurable, with not the slightest possibility of improvement, and simply unacceptable. After she once again made unreasonable scenes and turned the house upside down, they threw her out and sent her back to her parents' home. Now my sister-in-law cries every day at home and quarrels with me at every turn. I think she is unreasonable, but no matter how excessive she is, my mother-in-law still only scolds me. She says her daughter is so pitiful now, and as her sister-in-law, even if I cannot help, at least I should be more tolerant and loving toward her.

I think my sister-in-law's happiness was destroyed by her own family's excessive favoritism. She is both pitiful and deserving of it. What does everyone think?