So after my post about the self-inviting in-laws, my husband talked to his dad, and got them to agree to come Saturday instead. (Yay for the hubs!) I thought it was all settled.
Then this Friday afternoon (less than 24 hours from when they would have arrived), my husband sends me an email telling me that he just talked to his dad and they decided not to come. At all. Saying that it's too much to drive in two days, and also- my step MIL took a shift for someone so there's no changing their new plan to not come.
I'm so irate. First of all, of course we'd rather have them come and impose for an extra day over not coming at all. I'm irate that they (again) informed us of this last minute. I'm extra irate because the party was this weekend solely because they told us it needed to be because it was the weekend they both didn't have to work. And I'm super irate that because we had to do this weekend for them, my brother and his family are not able to come because my SIL is on-call this weekend. So in essence, when the party date was decided, we chose my FIL over my brother's family and now they are not even coming.
Grrrr.
You better bet it is going to be a long time before I haul my babies up to their house and go through all that headache and stress of a long road trip with toddlers if they can't even come down for their first grandchildren's first birthday.
Eh- They'll probably invite themselves to our home for a weekend in the near future anyway.
8 comments:
Wow! How selfish of them! You should totally take a bunch of pics of your kids crying with birthday hats on, and email them so they will feel bad :) J/k...that's mean. Sort of. I would be really pissed too, so you are totally spot on for feeling this way. I might even call and tell them we were coming, ask them to arrange all kinds of special stuff, and then call at the last minute and cancel. Taste of their own medicine. Just know that when you show your beautiful ones pictures of their first birthday, they will see that you cared enough to throw them a great party day, and celebrate with them. They might be hurt that grandparents weren't there, but they won't be hurt that you weren't.
OMG. FURY! What is wrong with these people??
Oooh girl I'd be P.O.'ed in a major way too. How inconsiderate!!!!
OMG! I would be so super pissed! But, I guess... let not this affect you! Its your familys special day(s)!
Yep! My parents pull that stuff a lot. They are almost always way late and they leave early, and here we've busted our tails trying to get the house clean and get our chores done so we can spend time with them.
I feel your pain.
Oh MY! I would be so MAD!! Yowsers! After all that. Peace to you and a good tall MARGARITA!
They're so beautiful! Happy first birthdays!
I'm so sorry your inlaws put a damper on the day. :( It's so disappointing they wouldn't go out of their way for a first birthday! I can't imagine!
Total lameness. I would be irate too! I can't believe they would be so selfish. Grow up people.
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