ExH Family Gathering ...

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Have posted a few times and I really do find that it helps me to get things off my chest this way instead of harbouring it!
Divorced a number of years, DC live with me; have good relationship with 3 SILs and their families, not so much with MIL/FIL but do still see them. ExH relationship has broken down with my SILs. I go out with SILs regularly and have spent many a family event with them over the years - minus ExH.
SIL has invited all family for Boxing Day get together (first formal one since divorce) - my DC but not me - including ExH and OW (affair that caused marriage break-up!)

I FULLY see that it is a family affair and of course appreciate that ExH should go but I have this stupid feeling of being left out which is upsetting me a little.
Reads back a little OOT now that I've put it in writing!
Whilst I have truely moved on from ExH I sometimes go backwards when its happy families with everyone but me!
Ahhh ...

I get where you are coming from.

But it was going to happen. At some point his sisters would have had to start in inviting her and I bet they feel shit about it, especially if you are friends.

But they are unlikely to cut their brother and his partner out.

While you are still friends with your sils, they are not your sils. They are ex sils. And while you are the mother of their dns, you are no longer a relation that would be invited to this sort of event.

I am really sorry. Its shit.

Would you want to go and shit and have dinner with exh and ow?