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AIBU?

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Am I being sensitive?

30 replies

Bigfishlittlefishcardboardbox39 · 28/02/2025 18:21

We’re currently staying with my lovely MIL whilst our house gets renovated.

My DH invited my SIL boyfriend to football tonight and me and DD are at home. My SIL who I believe have quite a good relationship with is going out with my MIL out for dinner (as her boyfriend is out with my DH) but hasn’t extended the invite to me or DD.

Now, I wouldn’t expect to be invited in usual circumstances at all, but I think what’s making me feel upset is that everyone is out and we’re stuck in… my DD is too young to watch the football. I think that I’m partly upset because I’m here, and just feel a bit left out. If I wasn’t staying here, it wouldn’t bother me.

AIBU to feel upset?

OP posts:
steff13 · 28/02/2025 20:39

Why are you "stuck in?" You could take your daughter out to dinner, right?

BobbyBiscuits · 28/02/2025 20:45

They could've wanted time away from you and the child. Having guests staying is quite stressful, even lovely ones who are close family.

Could you just make the most of it with a movie night and a takeaway with DD. I'm guessing your mates aren't close enough to visit? So just have a nice phone chat with a few of them, you and DD could have a bubble bath. Just relish having the place to yourself. Even if it's not your house.

I doubt they'd have excluded you if you hadn't got the child with you. So it's not that they don't want to hang out, they just wanted adult time.

autisticbookworm · 28/02/2025 22:44

Yeah I'd assume they don't want a toddler there. If dd wasn't there and they didn't include you that would be different

Mama2many73 · 28/02/2025 23:20

I do think that when you are living at someone else's home you have to have time apart for you as much as the person whose house it is. Unfortunately it's happened the night your DH is out so I can see why you feel a bit left out.

Kindyeah · 28/02/2025 23:36

They’re out for Friday night drinks. A three year old would totally change the dynamics.

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