My boyfriend recently got accepted onto a training course which should massively improve his employment prospects. To celebrate, his parents took us out for a meal. His older brother and brother's wife came too.
We had a nice meal, and then as we were leaving BIL's wife thanked his parents for the meal and then said to my boyfriend 'and thank you for giving us a reason to celebrate!'.
Am I being sensitive or was this a slightly bitchy comment? It seemed to me to imply that my boyfriend hasn't given anyone reason to celebrate before?
For some background context, my BIL and his wife have basically led a charmed life. They both got first class degrees from a top university, have great jobs, have had promotions etc. My boyfriend has struggled a bit more - got ok A-levels but dropped out of university and since then has worked in a supermarket. It's taken him a bit longer to find what he wants to do (this course will really help with that). I am really proud of him and he's a good person and a hard worker, and I just felt like she was drawing attention to him having had less 'reasons to celebrate'. We have all gone for dinner a few times to celebrate new jobs / promotions for BIL and his wife.
I wouldn't say anything to BIL's wife or anything like that, and I haven't said anything to my boyfriend (I don't want him to think she was being mean if that hasn't occurred to him, or accuse her of being bitchy if I am just being oversensitive). But AIBU to think it wasn't that nice a comment, and she could have just congratulated him?