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Nephew never comes to family events

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amandaxalice · 21/07/2016 19:38

Ok so to cut a long story short (ish) my nephew is 5 years old. We have a lot of family events, such as meals out, lots of birthdays, days out etc. And apparently according to my sister when she tells her son we going blah blah blah he bursts out crying not wanting to go and then my sister decides to make other arrangements for him which is usually staying home with his dad rather than enjoying a supposedly fun day out. He may or may not have autism but if he does, we've been told it would be extremely mild! Aibu to be a bit upset that my nephew is never at family events, when he's only 5. Should he really make that decision? We he does come once in a blue moon he seems very happy to be there. Please someone tell me I'm overreacting and should get over it?

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