It is ds’s 10th birthday tomorrow. We invited my mum and sister round for midday and I’m doing a little spread. All socially distanced. We haven’t seen my sister since February and she hasn’t shown any desire to come and see us once lockdown began to ease, despite the fact she only lives a 10 minute drive away and has been to stay over night with friends.
Anyway, my mum has now said she will pop in to hand over her present but can’t stay, as my brother is flying in from NI tomorrow night and she needs to go food shopping. My sister has just text to say she’ll transfer me some money for ds as she doesn’t know what to get him.
I feel like neither of them are particularly keen on coming, and aren’t interested in ds. He has asd and is really looking forward to his grandma being there in particular. He would normally have a party with his friends, and because of covid that isn’t happening. I just wanted to make his day as special as it can be and feel let down. My family have form for this sort of stuff but aibu for expecting more? For them to come for a little bite to eat and be happy to do so? To put a tiny bit of thought into a present? I’d rather them just not bother?