She’s Refusing To Participate In A Mud Run For Her Sister-In-Law With Cancer Because She Believes The Money For Tickets Could Be Better Spent On Other Necessities For Her Sister-In-Law
This woman’s sister-in-law sadly has Stage 4 breast cancer. Her family found out about her sister-in-law’s diagnosis a few months ago, and her sister-in-law is currently undergoing chemo.
So, she had been donating $100 to her sister-in-law’s GoFundMe campaign every week until she got laid off about two weeks ago. She’s also cooked dinner for her sister-in-law’s family once a week.
On top of that, she has offered up her home– which is child-free– as a “reprieve” in case her sister-in-law needs a break from the kids. And her sister-in-law has actually taken her up on that offer a couple of times.
“We’ve been hanging out at least once a week, even though my husband and I do not get along with her fiancé– my husband’s brother– at all,” she said.
“But I put up with him to be there for my sister-in-law and the kids.”
Anyway, her husband’s cousin apparently decided that all of the women in her family should participate in a Susan G. Komen mud run this weekend to show their support for her sister-in-law’s cancer journey.
The mud run was reportedly planned months ago, but she only found out it was happening just last week.
Yet, everybody– aside from her sister-in-law– expected her to join, even though she never once said she would be there.
So, she was forced to let her family know that, unfortunately, she just could not attend. After all, she was recently laid off and didn’t have money to spend on a mud run.
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“But I’m happy to go and cheer on the sideline if I can do that without paying for a ticket,” she added.
Well, her family wasn’t able to understand her perspective and has not stopped bugging her ever since.
In fact, a bunch of family members won’t quit calling and texting her– claiming that she needs to be involved in the mud run for her sister-in-law.
Aside from the money, though, she honestly doesn’t believe that the mud run is a “replacement for action.”
Sure, she knows that her family’s intentions of supporting her sister-in-law are genuine, but she thinks the mud run is “misguided.”
“I believe in charity. Go ahead and donate $1,000 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, but don’t then look at your sister who has cancer and tell her you did that for her,” she explained.
“You did that for you.”
So, she believes that instead of buying mud run tickets, the money would be better spent on groceries, diapers for her sister-in-law’s 9-month-old child, or even just put into a high-yield savings account.
She spoke to her sister-in-law about this, too, and they actually agreed. Apparently, her sister-in-law doesn’t even want to do the mud run since she is more of a homebody who would prefer a family game night or something similar instead.
Nonetheless, her family is still upset that she’s not going to the mud run.
“And I know it’s ostensibly to support my sister-in-law, but to me, it’s more like ‘support theatre’ than actual support,” she vented.
So, she’s now wondering whether refusing to do the mud run for her sister-in-law really makes her a jerk or not.
Can you understand why she feels like the mud run isn’t really for her sister-in-law? Is she required to give in ways that go against her morals? Do you think she should participate in the mud run or not? What would you do?
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