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Or is my brother (re Christmas)

39 replies

katieelh · 21/11/2012 09:44

My mum is on her own, no husband or partner and is registered disabled. Over the years me and my sister have taken it in turns to have her at ours for Christmas dinner, when we don't have her we will se our respective in-laws or have them to us, it is a juggling act as we also have to tie in with all other siblings and thier familes/ inlaws.My brother however will not invite her to theirs as ' they go to his partners family' every year ( his partners family live in the same road as them so they aren't travelling). My mum does loads to help brother and his partner with child care, and she has never been invited to them for even a little bit of tea, at Christmas or any other time of the year, and to be honest it really annoys me, we all lead busy lives but she is our mum and she is on her own. His point is ' well you or sis can have her so what the problem? But I think he should, now he has a partner and a child have his mum to them once every three years.

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Darkesteyes · 21/11/2012 16:54

OP i bet your DB thinks that its down to his sisters to do it just because they happen to wear bras.

MrsCantSayAnything · 21/11/2012 17:05

Another one here with a DH who likes having his Mum here and we like going there too. It's not a boy thing.

MIL's only daughter is very anti social and they never have dinner together.

PickledFanjoCat · 21/11/2012 17:17

I was in the doctors Friday and a random man said to be ah little boys are lovely but you will lose him you know. They never call their mums.

I mean FFS! Sad

YouOldSlag · 21/11/2012 17:25

Pickled- what a bastard!

AND it's not true.

AdoraJingleBells · 21/11/2012 18:00

He is BU and the answer to his "what's the point?" is - she is your mother, twat!

LillianGish · 21/11/2012 18:19

This is exactly how BIL used to be with MIL. Every year we invited MIL for Christmas - I never got to spend it with my folks. MIL was great fun, but would have been nice for dcs to spend Christmas with their other GPs sometimes. I totally get where you are coming from. Not sure what you can do really. I would probably been posting on this very topic this year if MIL hadn't died this summer. I don't expect this to be any consolation to you, but I can tell you that the person most devastated by her death was BIL. I'm so happy now that we had all those Christmases with her and so many lovely memories. For him of course it's too late and he's finding it very hard to come to terms with that.

Whatdoiknowanyway · 21/11/2012 18:23

My brother didn't call my mum much. Christmas invitations came from my sisters and me, never him.
A few years ago he hadn't been to visit my parents for over a year. When asked about Christmas he said they would call in on their way to visit his wife's family. For about 2 hours. Mum was really upset. Dad got on the phone to my brother and had words. They came for a bit longer and we all had a lovely day, including my MIL who was visiting.

Mum died suddenly less than a month later. That day was so precious to her and doubly so to us when we realIsed it could never happen again. And yes, like Lilian's BIL, he was devastated by her death.

It's not all men, we have had Christmases with my MIL and my sister's PIL plus my dad all around the table - there are good sons out there.

scarlettsmummy2 · 21/11/2012 18:25

Your brother sounds horrible.

amothersplaceisinthewrong · 21/11/2012 18:30

He sounds like a typical brother - mine is the same. And my Mother dotes on him although he never seems to do his turn at anything, leaving it all to my sister and me!

PickledFanjoCat · 21/11/2012 18:33

I've just spent an hour cleaning up sweetcorn & yoghurt from around the kitchen after ds meal.

If he dosent ring his mum and have me over for Christmas he is in massive trouble!

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 21/11/2012 18:38

amothers
I really don't agree with the typical brother comment. Some brothers might not make an effort and some daughters probably don't. However, what may be true for your brother certainly isn't for mine and he and SIL host family Xmas on a regular basis.

YouOldSlag · 21/11/2012 18:42

*I've just spent an hour cleaning up sweetcorn & yoghurt from around the kitchen after ds meal.

If he dosent ring his mum and have me over for Christmas he is in massive trouble!*

LOL- that's how I feel after cleaning yet another poo-ey bum!

ENormaSnob · 21/11/2012 18:47

Your brother is a selfish cunt.

MrsCantSayAnything · 21/11/2012 22:22

That's just weird to say that ENorma you don't know him. It's as though people here sort of vent...they see a chance and use it...to get out their own frustrations. Ugly.

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