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Should I get invited on OH's family trips?

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BarryWhiteIsMyBrother · 04/11/2020 18:34

My OH and I have been dating for just over two years. We don't live together and have no intention of doing so as we love our current set up and see each other every weekend, sometimes during the week if work allows it (we live over an hour away from each other), and go away on long weekends, with friends, etc.

I don't have any family nearby but he has all of his within walking distance of his house. I have met them and we get on well. Lately I have been wondering whether it's odd that when they go away (a couple of times a year) for a few days (my bf, his elderly parents, his brother, his son and his live-in partner) I don't get asked along. I don't mind because I don't think I'd enjoy spending a long weekend with them but I've begun to wonder whether it's odd that they don't ask me along given I've been dating my bf for two years now. In a way it's better because I would not like to go, but should I be offended? I know it's not an issue because I'd rather not go but in principle, should I be disappointed/offended?

OP posts:
VivaMiltonKeynes · 06/11/2020 09:08

@BarryWhiteIsMyBrother

I'm just not a very family oriented person

so why are you bothered?

YouKidsIsCrazy · 06/11/2020 09:40

They/he doesnt see you as a partner, this wont change, personally I'd move on

Or they do see her as a partner, but one who has made it quite clear she has no interest in spending time with them.

Would you invite someone on your family holiday who "avoids" christmas with you and who is quite obvious that they wouldn't want to go anyway?

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 06/11/2020 10:57

Being there on Christmas Day would have made all the difference.

OP it is quite likely that your aloofness is apparent to them, even subtlety.

You are passive aggressively avoiding family occasions, they are not getting a ‘family’ vibe from you.

Really unreasonable to carp about them not inviting you under the circumstances.

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 06/11/2020 10:58

I'm just not a very family oriented person

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