A mum is fuming after her in-laws left one of her daughters out of a wedding invitation, but invited the other. The upset mum, who felt like her “head was going to explode,” shared her annoyance online when her daughter from a previous relationship was ignored and not invited to a family wedding, while the rest of the family were.
The situation got worse when her sister-in-law asked the youngest to be a flower girl at her wedding, leaving her 10-year-old sister crying.
To add more detail, she mentioned a time when her sister-in-law had bought personalised Easter eggs for the young children in the family, including the mum’s youngest daughter. She said she “jokingly” pointed out that her eldest daughter, 10, would be sad about being left out, but then it turned out that her sister-in-law admitted she didn’t know her 10-year-old existed.
In a social media post, the mum says this is a repeated behaviour that she has confronted her in-laws about several times. In her post, the mum wrote: “I think my head’s going to explode. My brother-in-law has shown no interest whatsoever in my daughters, not my eldest who isn’t my husband’s or his actual niece!
“We first met sister-in-law at a baptism of cousin’s. She brought personalised Easter eggs for my cousins’ kids and my youngest. I immediately went over and said my eldest would be jealous in a jokey way but she had no idea that my eldest even existed!”, reports The Mirror Online.
The mum explained that her husband is really close to his brother. She said: “Husband is close to his brother. One Sunday last month we were at our in-laws’ and the eldest said that the sister-in-law had taken the youngest out in the rain and told the eldest to give them a minute.
“When I went out to see what was happening she had just asked the youngest to be a flower girl. (Mother-in-law) knew and everyone was happy. The 10-year-old was struggling and burst into tears in the car. Sister-in-Law has a sister with three stepkids. Two lads virtually the same age as her, both have partners and one has a baby, as well as a year old who lives with them. Her daughter will be another flower girl.”
The situation got worse when her older daughter didn’t get an invitation to the wedding. The mum shared: “Invitations come but my eldest isn’t invited. My husband is the best man, he assumes she is invited but just not on the invitation. Clarifies! No! It would mean 5 others plus the baby would have to be invited.”
People were divided over the situation. One said: “Kind of torn. I am in just same situation as had an elder child myself who was never treated as family. I wouldn’t go and my youngest wouldn’t be the flower girl.”
They also mentioned that while the mum can’t change the wedding, she can decide if her family goes, especially her and her daughters.
Another person was really upset and said, “What is it with families playing divide and concur? Who welcomes a wife and their child into their home but then stands by and allows others to treat the child any differently than their own. I wouldn’t do that to my dogs, never mind a child.”
