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In thinking this is my fault

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anonymous444 · 14/12/2012 21:52

Basically for the last two weeks, plans had been arranged for me and my husband to take dd and my neice to watch rise of the guardians. Anyway yesterday my sister decided to tell me that her daughter (my neice) doesn't want to watch the film anymore because she doesn't like the look of a certain character in there, eventhough my neice has seen the trailers of this animation so many times, anyway she changed her mind and that was fine. So I basically arranged for my other nephew to go instead, plans were all made. This evening my sister rings and says that her daughter (neice) wants to go now. I agreed at first but then rang her later on and said forget, that i wasn't going cinema anymore and that the 3 kids can have a playover instead. My nephew had already seen this animation last week anyway. The thing is my sister did say that she would pay for her daughter, but I just couldn't take her money and not pay for my neice but pay for nephew. We are trying to cut back on things. Basically my brother in law got really funny with me, and made me feel guilty that i had changed my mind because there daughter was coming. Now that is true, but since she wasn't bothered about watching the film, i thought what's the point in wasting money, i will just take my daughter another day. I am sitting here feeling really hurt and bad abot the situation.

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HECTheHallsWithRowsAndFolly · 14/12/2012 21:54

Do you think perhaps she just didn't want to be left out? got a bit jealous when she found out you were taking your nephew instead?

anonymous444 · 14/12/2012 21:56

Yes I think so, I think the other choice was going shopping with her parents. I do feel awful.

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SantaIAmSoFuckingRock · 14/12/2012 21:59

if you are cutting back then how come you offered to take the niece in the first place? you either could afford to go or not and it wasn't going to cost you anymore to take your niece in the end as your sister was going to pay. to them it probably sounds liek a shitty excuse tbh.

anonymous444 · 14/12/2012 22:02

Yes we had catered for one child only, not two. I felt bad taking money of one sister and not the other, so no it wasn't actually a shitty excuse tbh.

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sooperdooper · 14/12/2012 22:02

I think had you said straight away that you weren't going anymore and had different plans then it wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but I don't think you're really in the wrong, she didn't want to go!

anonymous444 · 14/12/2012 22:04

The plans had been made 2 weeks ago, and tbh it wasn't me who changed them.

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SantaIAmSoFuckingRock · 14/12/2012 22:16

yes but to your 1st sister it probably sounded like one.

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