She Didn’t Say Thank You To Her In-Laws When She Got Up And Gave A Speech At Her Baby Shower, So They Called Her Rude
A 28-year-old woman is currently pregnant with the first baby that she will be having with her 29-year-old husband.
Throughout her pregnancy, her own family has been super helpful and involved. They have purchased items for her baby, they have gone out of their ways to ensure she and her husband are doing well, and they have bent over backward to just help her through her really difficult pregnancy so far.
Her own parents are thrilled that this will be their first grandbaby, though, on her husband’s side, they already have grandkids.
“On the other hand, my in-laws have not kept in touch or asked me how I’m doing; they basically have been no contact during the whole thing and only reach out to my husband every so often to ask how he is doing and how the baby is doing,” she explained.
“It stings because it literally feels like they could care less, which is fine for me but hurts my husband.”
“My family planned and helped pay for our baby shower, from renting the event space, paying the caterer, making centerpieces, etc. I am beyond grateful for everything that they’ve done for me since we are usually a dysfunctional family, but they really rallied around us and have made me feel really good the last 8 months.”
When she asked her husband’s family if they would be willing to help out with the baby shower, they ignored her.
They didn’t bother giving her a reply, but then several days before the shower happened, her in-laws let her know that they invited 20ish people that they felt should be there.
It was a mad dash to call the caterer and add an additional 20 people to the list, and this also angered her mom, as they needed to come up with $200 extra to feed the last-minute guests.
Karniewska – illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
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Her in-laws never even offered to help cover the costs of their guests, which only made things worse. She and her family paid for the bill and decided not to cause a scene and ruin the baby shower.
“The day of the baby shower, I gave a short little speech thanking my family for putting the party together, my friends for being there for me, and everyone who showed up to support us,” she said.
“A couple of hours later, as everyone was leaving, my in-laws pulled me aside and told me that I was rude and out of line for not thanking them as well. My hormones got the best of me, and I asked them what I had to be thanking them for exactly since they had been silent and distant during my pregnancy but invited 20+ people who I had never met to my shower and expected me to just be okay with it.”
“They also showed up empty-handed and stated since they were the grandparents, they didn’t need to get us anything.”
The problem for her is not that they didn’t buy her something for the baby; it’s the fact that her in-laws have been completely thoughtless in regards to her and her baby. Luckily, her husband took her side against his family at the baby shower, and he reminded his family that they have not done anything for the baby, let alone ask about how she or the baby is doing.
Her husband then asked his family to leave the baby shower, and that’s exactly what her in-laws wound up doing.
“Now his siblings are messaging me calling me heartless and materialistic because they stated “because they didn’t contribute to anything, that they were useless,” which was not true, but I don’t have anything to be thankful for since they have no been there at all!” she continued.
She’s left wondering if it was so rude of her, after all, not to thank her in-laws in the quick speech she gave that lasted under a minute.
Do you think she should have specifically thanked them?
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