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Not invited to hen party...

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Tilllly · 13/02/2024 10:04

My son is getting married shortly, and I get on well enough with my daughter-in-law to be

There's no conflict, we don't meet up for lunch or anything, but we text and chat reasonably regularly. I meet up with her mum for lunch or shopping or something every six or seven weeks or so, and we chat more regularly.

She had said that she was planning hen weekend, but said she was also thinking of doing an afternoon tea somewhere fancy, with her chief bridesmaids me and her mum

I said I would love that but haven't heard anything about it since, and I don't think it will happen now before the wedding

But then I have seen on Facebook, photos of her hen weekend with her bridesmaids and her mum. The early photos are just of them, but the later ones have another half dozen girls on the hen weekend

I didn't know anything about this. And I am feeling quite hurt, that I wasn't invited - If her mum wasn't invited, then I wouldn't think twice about it.

I'm not going to say anything, I don't want any upsets near the wedding, especially as I'm not 100% well and there's enough stress and tension just before a wedding, getting everything sorted isn't there?

Am I unreasonable to have expected an invite if her mum was going?

OP posts:
Overtheatlantic · 13/02/2024 10:11

I understand that it’s hurtful. I do wonder if it’s just a breach of etiquette rather than a deliberate snub?

Houseplanter · 13/02/2024 10:08

Yes I would have been hurt too. There will be plenty who come along saying it's for her friends and family and you're neither, but I would say you are about to be.

I'm sorry OP, but this is the way it is. If you become a grandparent you're also likely to be treated differently.

Christmaslights21 · 13/02/2024 10:07

No OP I understand why you’re hurt. So strange that she would mention it to you and then not invite you though. Any chance she’s sent a message and you’ve missed it?

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