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AIBU to feel hurt about missing my fiancée’s birthday again?

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LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:02

I have been with my partner for around 2 years and we have just very recently got engaged. We are a same sex couple.

It is her birthday this weekend, and yet again, I’m hardly going to see her on the actual day. She has a twin, and every birthday, she just lets her twin dictate what they do and there is never much effort to include me in the plans. It’s literally the mentality of this is what’s happening on my birthday, either you can make it or you can’t.

I think this year stings a bit more because it’s a special birthday milestone, she knows it upset me last year, and this year the exact same thing has happened and she will be spending majority of her birthday with her family whilst I’m at home (that’s a whole other issue that I cba to detail here).

I just feel a little bit hurt and rejected because I personally would want my partner to share my special occasions with me, but it doesn’t feel like a priority for her to do the same regarding me. It just feels weird to literally be engaged to someone but never spending their birthday with them.

AIBU for feeling like this?

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grumpygrape · 27/06/2026 18:43

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:26

Yeah, every special occasion

She doesn't want to SHARE her life with you does she? Dreadful start to an engagement/marriage/life 'together'.

Wagyue · 27/06/2026 18:39

Whybare you with some like this?
Much less getting engaged?

Very strange to want to be marrying someone who doesn't consider you or involved in special occasions.

We teach people how to treat us.
Rethink this.

whippersnapper55 · 27/06/2026 18:39

It sounds like you have poor communication between the two of you. If you've been together 2 years and are planning to get married, you need to actually talk about this and sort it out. Why haven't you asked her why you and your child are not invited to her birthday meal? Do her family have a problem with her being gay? Or is it a problem with you specifically?

BudgetBuster · 27/06/2026 18:37

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:26

Yeah, every special occasion

So why did you get engaged? Not trying to be rude but this is clearly a recurring theme?

Delphiniumandlupins · 27/06/2026 18:35

TinyTempest · 27/06/2026 18:32

Then your fiancée doesn't see you as part of the family, even though by her living with you and your child, you've made her a part of yours.

You need to speak to her about this, not us I'm afraid.

This

BobbysDazzler · 27/06/2026 18:33

Does your dp make the effort to spend time with you on your birthday?

If so, surely they'd understand if you explained you would like that to go both ways?!

BuckChuckets · 27/06/2026 18:32

itwasyourshowallalong · 27/06/2026 18:31

If she’s like this with other events then you need to really think about whether you are long term compatible. Does she propose that you spend all Christmases apart too?

This. If after 2 years she's not bothered about you being there on special occasions, surely that tells you something?

TinyTempest · 27/06/2026 18:32

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:26

Yeah, every special occasion

Then your fiancée doesn't see you as part of the family, even though by her living with you and your child, you've made her a part of yours.

You need to speak to her about this, not us I'm afraid.

itwasyourshowallalong · 27/06/2026 18:31

If she’s like this with other events then you need to really think about whether you are long term compatible. Does she propose that you spend all Christmases apart too?

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:26

Snorlaxo · 27/06/2026 18:26

Does this dynamic happen on other special occasions like Christmas ?

Yeah, every special occasion

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Snorlaxo · 27/06/2026 18:26

Does this dynamic happen on other special occasions like Christmas ?

TinyTempest · 27/06/2026 18:25

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 27/06/2026 18:06

Is it a special milestone birthday for her twin too? If so it's understandable they would want to be together.

Do you know, I think it just might be? 🤔🤣🤣

Itscominghometoscotland · 27/06/2026 18:23

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 27/06/2026 18:06

Is it a special milestone birthday for her twin too? If so it's understandable they would want to be together.

Sure ot if it’s a milestone birthday for one it is also for the other?

JLou08 · 27/06/2026 18:23

It's hers and her twins birthday, not yours. Have you even told her you want to celebrate with her? Made any effort to plan something yourself or adjust your routine to suit the people whos birthday it is?
You need to accept that you're unlikely to be the number one priority at all times for a twin, just like (I hope) your child is your priority, your partners priority is likely her twin. They have very special bonds.

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:22

TinyTempest · 27/06/2026 18:19

she knows it upset me last year, and this year the exact same thing has happened and she will be spending majority of her birthday with her family whilst I’m at home (that’s a whole other issue that I cba to detail here).

Well could you be bothered to detail a little bit?

It might be relevant.

Does her twin like you?

It’s a general theme of her having a very separate life with her family and me regularly feeling excluded from anything and everything they do. It makes me feel like we don’t properly share a life together and often brushed to the side and there is never an automatic invite for me at special occasions. As far as I know her twin likes me, we all get on as okay as we can considering the fact I hardly see them because of what I’ve just listed above.

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TinyTempest · 27/06/2026 18:19

she knows it upset me last year, and this year the exact same thing has happened and she will be spending majority of her birthday with her family whilst I’m at home (that’s a whole other issue that I cba to detail here).

Well could you be bothered to detail a little bit?

It might be relevant.

Does her twin like you?

BlondeFool · 27/06/2026 18:17

How old is your child? Can’t you be more flexible or book a babysitter? You could have booked something nice for today if the meal is tomorrow. It’s their birthday and you’re making it about you. I’d have turned up cheery tomorrow with a present and cards for both. Get the twin onside seriously. I have twins and it’s a weird relationship.

MeanwhileinGilead · 27/06/2026 18:15

Is the meal they have planned suitable for children your child's age/are other children going, like the twin's child? If the birthday people want an adult only meal/evening, I think this is understandable. Trying to think of it from your fiancée's perspective - she only has one birthday a year and it's always the same day; if it's not suitable for your child to go to whatever celebration they have planned could you arrange for someone to look after her while you go out? Your fiancée may be thinking that you're not bothered about her birthday and choosing not to go, leaving her to celebrate it as more of a birth family event.

Would she be open to the two of you having your own celebration for her birthday, maybe earlier that day or another day that week?

Also, if this is a broader issue where you feel she's typically not taking your child, and/or your responsibilities as a parent, seriously then that's something to discuss and make sure you've worked out BEFORE getting married!!

>>>> Edited to add - just saw your follow up about not even being invited - that is different. Have you asked her why? Is her family homophobic, or is there some other weird divide going on (e.g., all the other siblings are married already, or the partners are close family friends who'd be invited anyway)?

LeopardPrint21 · 27/06/2026 18:14

somanychristmaslights · 27/06/2026 18:13

Can you not bend your child’s routine just this once? Life can’t be so rigid.

We weren’t even officially invited to the meal, added into the numbers for the meal or anything like that, literally all the other siblings partner’s will be there apart from me - that feels shit

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Weeellokthen · 27/06/2026 18:13

She's not that into you, hun, sorry

FloodlightsOnTheSquare · 27/06/2026 18:13

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 27/06/2026 18:06

Is it a special milestone birthday for her twin too? If so it's understandable they would want to be together.

Spat out my drink 🤣🤣🤣

somanychristmaslights · 27/06/2026 18:13

Can you not bend your child’s routine just this once? Life can’t be so rigid.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 27/06/2026 18:13

Her birthday is obviously about her and her twin, and you’ve only been together 2 years. The day just isn’t about you. Do something else with her on a different day to celebrate

DappledThings · 27/06/2026 18:11

It doesn't sound like she's that bothered about it if she's happy to let her twin dictate what happens. If the whole thing means more to her twin than it does to her then it's not surprising she's not bothered about what they do or who with.

I'm not remotely interested in my birthday. If DH started getting stroppy because I wasn't doing something with him for my birthday I'd wouldn't be happy at all. When it's his birthday that's the time for him to have input into how it's spent.

MajorSamanthaCarter · 27/06/2026 18:09

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 27/06/2026 18:06

Is it a special milestone birthday for her twin too? If so it's understandable they would want to be together.

How would it not be a special milestone for her twin as well 😂

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