SIL is 'Clueless' About My Infertility?

This week's Murphy's Love column addressed a pretty interesting question - what to do when someone close to you acts cluelessly regarding a private, personal struggle you are having. The writer calls her sister-in-law "clueless" about her own infertility struggle, but that label seems unfair. The writer has not shared this information with SIL, so her behavior is happening without the benefit of that extra information. We all have done this - holding someone accountable for behavior despite a lack of deep understanding. Yes, the SIL's happiness about her own pregnancy is a tough pill to swallow while our writer experiences infertility - but we can't hold her accountable for acting insensitively if we don't give her the information required to make the choice to be insensitive in the first place. Read my response and the whole article here.