Dear Eric: I’m asking for advice about one of my sisters, the fourth of five. Four years ago, my husband of 35 years unexpectedly died – he was gone within eight hours of entering the ER. It was traumatic for me. My large family of siblings showed up.

At the time, the sister in question phoned and said she couldn’t come because her daughter was having her third child, but she would come in a month or so. Time passed and no visit.

Three months later, my house burned down. Again, the phone call, with promises of coming to see me; never happened.

It’s been almost four years now with little or no communication from her. Meanwhile, she and her husband have traveled the world extensively with their children and friends.

I think part of the issue is that she has always been envious of me and

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