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AIBU for declining my brother-in-law's BBQ after years of rudeness?

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AmandaEatsLemons · 14/08/2026 21:00

AIBU for telling my brother-in-law I don't want to attend his BBQ?

My brother-in-law has recently messaged the family WhatsApp with an announcement that he will be holding a BBQ next week, and he asked who would be coming. I responded with a clear "no."

He has been so incredibly rude to me and my children over the past few years. He told my eldest daughter - Tamara - that her boyfriend was "ugly," making her cry. He told my mum that her ex-husband was right to cheat on her! There's much more that I don't have time to say.

Anyway, some people on my husband's side of the family are claiming I should have put this aside and accepted the invitation anyway. Your thoughts?

OP posts:
Cuppachuchu · 14/08/2026 21:13

@AmandaEatsLemons
Id love to take credit for it, but I picked that up on MN! It's worth remembering tho. 😁

AmandaEatsLemons · 14/08/2026 21:09

Cuppachuchu · 14/08/2026 21:06

It's an invitation not a summons.
I wouldn't go either, he sounds like an arsehole.

I love that so much! Just quoted "it's an invitation, not a summons" in the family WhatsApp ❤️

OP posts:
Yope · 14/08/2026 21:08

Well we're all supposed to be avoiding BBQs anyway after this evening's emergency mobile phone alert.
So use that as your excuse.

HoraceCope · 14/08/2026 21:07

tell him not to have a bbq

DierdreDaphne · 14/08/2026 21:06

He shouldn't be having a barbeque anyway! But no, why on earth would you go given ge is a prize dick to his neice ffs? Why is it even a question? Ignore the apologists, they can go and enjoy his charming company if they want to.

Cuppachuchu · 14/08/2026 21:06

It's an invitation not a summons.
I wouldn't go either, he sounds like an arsehole.

PuppyMonkey · 14/08/2026 21:04

Tamara is a lovely name.

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