Parents Excluded From Daughter's Birthday, but in-Laws Got Invite
- Tess celebrated her 40th birthday last month with a dinner hosted by the author and her husband including Tess, Mack, and their two children.
- After the dinner, Mack invited his large family to a separate party, excluding the author's small family from this reunion.
- Mack asked the author's husband to babysit the children on the party day so Tess could have one drink before the kids went to bed.
- The author felt hurt by the exclusion, believes other plans could have been made, and noted that speaking up often led to conflict with her husband and daughter.
- Despite tensions, the author emphasizes that Tess’s birthday was well-celebrated and suggests therapy might help navigate the ongoing family difficulties.
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Asking Eric: We weren’t invited to our daughter’s 40th birthday party, but we were asked to babysit
Dear Eric: My daughter Tess turned 40 years old last month. Hard to believe how time flies. My husband and I took her and her husband, Mack, and two children out for dinner on her birthday as we always do every year. A few weeks before this, Mack asked my husband if we would babysit on a day after the birthday dinner. My husband told me that Mack was taking Tess out after dinner. I thought OK, that’s nice that they will go out for her birthday.

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Dear Eric: My daughter Tess turned 40 years old last month. Hard to believe how time flies. My husband and I took her and her husband, Mack, and two children out for dinner on her birthday as we always do every year. A few weeks before this, Mack asked my husband if we would babysit […]

Asking Eric: Parents excluded from daughter’s 40th birthday, but in-laws got an invite
Dear Eric: My daughter Tess turned 40 years old last month. Hard to believe how time flies. My husband and I took her and her husband, Mack, and two children out for dinner on her birthday as we always do every year. A few weeks before this, Mack asked my husband if we would babysit on a day after the birthday dinner. My husband told me that Mack was taking Tess out after dinner. I thought OK, that’s nice that they will go out for her birthday. …
Asking Eric: We weren’t invited to our daughter’s birthday party
Dear Eric: My daughter Tess turned 40 years old last month. Hard to believe how time flies. My husband and I took her and her husband, Mack, and two children out for dinner on her birthday as we always do every year.
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