Wife Wants To Know If She's TA For Not Inviting Her Husband's Son Over For Christmas
Christmas is that time of year filled with fun family gatherings, gift-giving, much excitement, carols, and other traditions that bring families together. For most of us, Christmas also brings memories of familiar sounds, smells, and a feeling of home.
This family tradition keeps us closer with our siblings, parents, and other relatives. These gatherings give us a sense of belongingness and identity.
Added to these are memories, which will last a lifetime. So you can see how important it is to keep with family traditions.
As parents, you teach your kids the value of family, closeness, and togetherness. In other words, these help in shaping their character.
Your children will pass these traditions to the next generation as the family grows bigger. They may also add their twist.
But for Reddit user u/R3dhead123456's family, she has excluded her husband's son for Christmas. It was only four years ago when they last invited him to join the family Christmas gathering.
The son seemed to be distant from them because she seemed to have set the barrier between them. She even compared her son with his husband's son, which shouldn't be the case.
Read along to know the entire story and see how the people have reacted to it. Be the judge if she's TA here.
Here's what she posted on Reddit:
The son lives 15 minutes away from them, and she describes him as very different towards her and her husband.
They just dropped her husband's son a gift and left after three minutes. She got so mad with the son's reaction.
She's asking if she's the idiot for not inviting her husband's son for Christmas.
She criticized the son's outfit four Christmases ago and explained that she did not inform him of the dress code for that gathering.
Here's how the people have reacted to her post. It wasn't a visit but a driveby to her husband's son.
The wife is a snobbish, shallow person who only cares about appearances than the family.
It's no wonder the daughter is no longer in contact with them.
This person sees where the son is coming from. Dropping by for just three minutes and texting only on Christmas? Are they parents?
This person couldn't believe it as a real story.
The wife sounds so judgmental!
Just because the son doesn't fit in her definition of "success" doesn't mean she can treat him however she wants.
She's a judgmental person. No wonder the daughter went no contact.
Everyone sees why the daughter went low contact.
She complained about how he looked but didn't even bother to tell him there was a Christmas dress code for some reason.
It's like she was saying that he isn't part of the family as her children.
She sounds like a condensing, arrogant, and materialistic snob!
Based on her comments, it sounds like she has some strange hatred towards her husband's son.
Money can't buy class.
She sucks!
This person can relate to this as her dad remarried a woman like this OP.
The son needs love, not criticism.
What are your fondest Christmas memories with your family? Each year, we look forward to celebrating Christmas with the whole family.
But for the husband's son, we can only imagine the trauma and heartache he had in dealing with his stepmom. Perhaps, he can understand his dad but never his judgmental wife.
