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bewildered
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Date: June 11, 2016 04:15PM
My brother-in-law and sis-in law live near us, so we tend to do the whole inviting each other kids to our kids birthday parties. We have 2 kids (Boy, 8 and Girl, 6) They have 4 kids (Girl 9, Girl 7, Boy 3, and girl 1). We have ALWAYS invited their whole family to our kids parties. And vice versa... Then a few years ago, their oldest girl decided she just wanted a 'friends' party, but also wanted to invite our oldest boy, but not our daughter. She would be very crushed if she found out so we had to be very secretive about it. Then a couple weeks ago we ran into them in a parking lot. The girl that just turned 7 shouted, 'I'm inviting you to my birthday party'. Then just earlier this week I get a text with a picture of the invitation. She said that she had been trying to get it to me for the past 2 weeks, but every attempt she failed. Anyway, I do hate getting last minute invites (especially half-assed ones like this), but back to the story...she explained that she had left it with our mother-in-law, but it got lost. Then she couldn't find an envelope big enough to mail it. So she apologized for the text, but said she would get one to me before the party...it never arrived BTW. SO, now it's the day of the party, and since our entire family for the past 6 yrs have always been invited to their 2nd daughter's party, stupid me just assumed we were still all invited. BUT, when we got to the door the birthday girl answered and she had a very confused look on her face, and said right to my son's face. I didn't invite "L". I handed the gift to my daughter, and took my son back to the car. My son was very hurt, and we were both near tears. My husband stayed with our girl, and we left. I got a text from my sis-in-law saying that her daughter was talking to the neighbors boy. I said, NO, she said 'L's name. Then she said she was sorry, and that her daughter didn't know that she invited him. But, then she tells me he can come, and let me know if you want to come back, and I can get stuff ready for him....SO, now I am thinking if she was expecting him, why wouldn't that already be ready like all the others?? So then I called my mother-in-law and asked her about the invite. She said she never saw it, but thought it was just for our daughter. Anyway, I just needed to vent because we already have a bad relationship due to other reasons, but now we have this awkwardness...Plus we have plans to meet them and our other extended family for a family vacation, and I REALLY am NOT looking forward to it at all. Complete dread!! Thanks for letting me vent.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/11/2016 06:54PM by bewildered.