“I told her that her feelings aren’t my problem.”
“It is only an invite for the kids, no in-laws are invited.
This was discussed and agreed upon by everyone.

After, everyone fills in their spouses but not all the gritty details.”
“This happened today, an emergency meeting was called by my husband.
In short he needs surgery, I wont go into more than that.

Everyone left and I got a call from my daughter-in-law upset that she wasnt invited to the meeting.”
“I asked if she knew what these were and she told me my son explained it.
She called me a jerk.”

“My son told me he will deal with it but I could have been nicer.”
You don’t consider your kid’s spouses as family.
I feel sorry for you.

You sound very angry and bitter."
The whole family with their codewords and excluding spouses.
So much needless drama."

u/celticmusebooks
“This family sounds overdramatic.
These are called normal life issues and they are not emergencies.
Most people just make a couple of phone calls and everyone else knows within a couple of weeks.

Definitely some main character energy in this family, especially with the secret ‘family meeting’ code.”
u/nkbee
“This is very weird.
You have an enmeshed relationship with your bio family.

In-laws are family too.
Gee, I wonder why divorces are happening?
These people have married INTO your family.

What a shitty thing to do.
Even if there are emergencies and bad news, youre all supposed to be family.
I have many siblings.

I’m close to some of their spouses, others I’m not.
When my marriage fell apart, I told my close family first.
My brother chose her to be his wife, not me.”

Im not as comfortable around my sisters husband as I am around her.
I never will be.
I would not feel comfortable explaining deeply personal and painful events in my life with him there.

Youre letting your family have a safe space where they can feel completely comfortable."
u/Swirlyflurry
“I don’t understand all the YTA votes.
Making it about you (as daughter-in-law is doing ) is incredibly self-centred.

NTA and all the best to your husband.”
u/jmbbl
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