He posted the debacle on the ‘AITA’ (Am I The A-hole) subreddit, a forum where users try to figure out whether or not they were wrong in a controversy that was bothering them. In her Reddit post, the woman explained that she and her stepsister never really got along. RELATED: ‘I Went From Planning Our Wedding To Planning Our Divorce — Over A Dress’
She decided to schedule her daughter’s birthday on the same day as her stepsister’s wedding.
The relationship between the wife and her step-sister has always been difficult since her mother remarried and her new husband “brought along” his daughter. “I lived with my dad mostly because I didn’t want anything to do with a new sibling and I had almost nothing to do with her and I hated that my mom treated her like a daughter,” she wrote. While she acknowledged that she wasn’t always the “best” with her half-sister, she still felt like her step-sister was “taking my place.” Now, her stepsister is getting married but she wasn’t invited. Despite the lack of invitation, the woman claimed she didn’t mind since she didn’t invite her stepsister to her own wedding. RELATED: Woman Who Bought Gifts for Two Bridal Showers Asks If She’s Wrong to Be Mad She Wasn’t Invited to the Wedding However, she planned her daughter’s first birthday to be on the same day, and when she told her mother about the party, her mother told her to change it to a weekend when everyone in their family was available.
Her mother insisted that it would be unfair to make people choose, but she was adamant about keeping the appointment.
She explained that her daughter’s party was at 1 p.m., while the wedding was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., but most of her family on her mother’s side told her they couldn’t go to her daughter’s party. her. “Even my mother said she can’t make it because it will be [my] stepsister’s wedding and getting ready all day.” The woman is angry that people choose to go to her stepsister’s wedding instead of her daughter’s party. RELATED: Mom wonders if she’s wrong to return husband’s gift after refusing to pay daughter to bake birthday cake “Everyone is picking on this girl who isn’t even family to my daughter,” the woman argued. “My mom tells me to just change the party, but I think it’s ridiculous that they can’t do both and they won’t change my schedule for my stepsister.”
Most commenters on the woman’s Reddit post agreed she was wrong.
“Your daughter won’t suffer because her family isn’t present – your daughter won’t have a clue what’s going on and won’t remember her 1st birthday party,” one user wrote.
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“He has no idea of the time so he will reschedule to a different day as requested if it is so important for your family to attend.” Another user wrote, “You know, we know, everyone knows. People aren’t just going to do both events. Very few people are going to want to come to a 1-year-old’s birthday party and then go to a grown-up wedding. “ “You knew about the conflict and went ahead with it anyway, despite the fact that her move would not affect your child in any way.” RELATED: Mom Furious After Ex-Husband’s Hairdresser Girlfriend Gave Daughter Her First Haircut Without Permission Nia Tipton is a writer living in Brooklyn. Covers pop culture, social justice issues, and contemporary issues. Keep up with her on Instagram and Twitter.
