I was due to visit sister 1 in her city this Friday, which has been arranged for a long time. I live two and a half hours away and my partner, who also lives in another city, kindly offered to drop me off because it's on his way back home (he lives 3 and a half hours away).
Earlier this week, sister 2 rang me and said would I like to get together this Friday as her daughter was home from overseas and was leaving town almost immediately for a new job up north.
I said it seemed a good idea but out of courtesy would have to check with sister 1, who would hopefully come too. I also asked if my partner could come too, if he wanted to.
She said probably not as there wasn't room to put him up as well.
In the event, he told me he only expected to drop me off there and was leaving straight away to go home.
I hadn't managed to get hold of her again since but earlier on she left a voicemail saying sister 1 was coming over to her place, along with her daughter (who's back from overseas) and her son, and that my partner "was not invited as daughter just wants it to be close family, and my bf isn't coming either".
The point is, her bf hasn't just driven her two and a half hours to drop her off.
I think this is very poor form. There is no way I would treat her partner like this! Neither would my partner or his family dream of doing this to me or any of my family, were the position reversed.
I'm disgusted. Even though my partner is going home straight away. God forbid he might want to use their toilet before setting off immediately - maybe they'll direct him to the facilities at the local pub!!!!
Please talk some sense into me before I start a family row. 