To be annoyed with his family?

[Onebadbackandalostpelvicfloor]

I've been with my man for several years now, the kids I brought into the relationship are not his but call him dad. His family claim to love them too and know their names however we received our first Xmas card today addressed to "onebadback, twobadback and children" and they're always addressed that way. My family and our friends all name us individually on the cards.

AIBU/over dramatic/reading too much into it or have I got a reason to be annoyed? I don't know why it has annoyed me this year and not previous years mind!

o clock I think.

Loads of people do that. To such and such and family. It's very common, and saves the bother of writing out all the names.

It's not a slight.

Already on that one [bwink]

I often do it with friends because I am never sure of the names, plus when I've got to the tenth card I get really bored and tired of writing. It is different with family but I would look at how they treat your children overall, not how they write cards, it isn't that important. I think that you are reading too much into it unless there is something else in their treatment of you and your children.

You are reading too much into it!

They might just not remember the names? I didn't remember the name of my brother's DP's DD for a while and could easily have done something like that. It's probably not so much that they are hostile to your DC as perhaps that they just haven't given them much thought.

Have a and don't overthink it.

Pour another and forget it, it's normal, not necessarily acceptable but not worth the angst

I do that with a lot of people, especially when I'm not sure of spelling. I think you're being a bit over sensitive TBH.

Thank you for the common sense talking to. I think it's one of those things that has niggled and now I've blown it out of all proportion in my head (as I do!) [bgrin]

Oh that sounds like exactly the type of lazy thing I would do, meaning no slight at all. Just writing 150 Xmas cards takes it out of you, even writing to the people you love...which is why mainly I don't send them and blame not being Christian.

I've been known to get the wrong child?s name in a card.. safest if I stick to "and family " when I send my cousins cards.