My sister-in-law is mad at me for what I told her parents

A female age 41-50, anonymous writes:

My sister in law is mad at me for telling her parents that I hope that she and her husband have kids and that I hope they have a girl so that my 2 girls have someone to play with. Two days prior to me saying this, she told me on the phone that she and her husband were going to start trying for a baby in July, but that I wasn't allowed to tell anybody, so I didn't. I guess what I said to her parents was out of excitement because if they did have a kid soon, he/she would be close in age to mine, I have a 2 month old and a 14 month old. So she posted on my Myspace page a comment that said "sorry I'm not perfect like you." and I noticed that she had removed me from her "top friends" I don't think that what I said was mean or condescending in any way, it was just a simple opinion of mine because I'd like us to all be able to hang out and have our kids play. Is what I said bad? How should I handle it? So far I haven't said anything to her, but am I supposed to call her or message her and try to explain myself? I am pretty sure she was drinking when she posted the comment so I don't want to fuel the fire and bring it up now. I am really upset though..I don't want her to be mad at me. I wish she would have just talked to me about it instead of posting that comment and taking me off her friends. I think she may be upset because about a month or so ago she told me that she wanted kids but that her husband kept putting it off and making excuses. But that isn't my fault, and I don't see why I am being punished for it. I don't see her very often either, usually just at family functions.

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