His Mom Didn’t Include His Girlfriend And Two Children In A Christmas Snow Globe Tradition, So He Ended Up Calling His Mom Out
This twenty-three-year-old man has been dating his girlfriend Ellie, who is thirty-one, for nearly a year.
And since starting their relationship, he has not only gotten to know Ellie better but also her two children– a six-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. So now, they all get along really well.
With the holidays in full swing, though, there has been no shortage of family drama– specifically involving his family.
Apparently, he has a massive family, which makes it basically impossible to host just one Christmas event that everyone can attend.
So typically, his parents will host their holiday party about one week before December 25.
During that celebration, he also always participates in his mom’s tradition– in which she gives each of the “kids” some mini snow globes.
Anyway, his parent’s Christmas shindig ended up being last Saturday. And, like his mom always does, she pulled him and his siblings aside to hand over the annual trinkets.
But, his mom usually includes the partners of him and his siblings in the tradition as well. So, naturally, he figured that Ellie and her two children would get to join and receive their own snowglobes.
If you could not have guessed it, though, that was not what happened.
Konstantin Yuganov – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual kids
Apparently, his brother and sister-in-law named Jane, who is around twenty-eight, were also there. And his mom decided to give both Jane as well as her daughter, who is five, some snow globes.
His girlfriend Ellie was not given the same treatment, though, and his mom claimed that she just did not know Ellie well enough to invite her to participate. He just could not believe his mom’s reasoning, though.
“I said being my partner should be enough, and my mom should have just included the kids,” he recalled.
Not to mention, he was not the only person who was offended by his mom’s decision– because Ellie and her children saw what happened, too. So, his girlfriend was also pretty hurt by the exclusion of both herself and her kids.
Then, after realizing that, he got even more pissed off and decided to kind of call his mom out. More specifically, he pointed out how his mom purchases snowglobes for his brother, Jane, and Jane’s daughter.
However, his “brother” is not really his mom’s son– they are actually half-brothers. So, by his logic, his half-brother should not be included, either.
“And if that’s the case, then she is excluding Ellie for no reason,” he said.
Of course, though, his mom was not happy to have all of this drama dragged up during their Christmas party. According to him, she first got pretty defensive before becoming downright angry.
In turn, he, his girlfriend, and her two children ended up just leaving the celebration early. Even now, over a week later, though, he is still pretty torn up about what happened.
Apparently, he just does not think his mom had a right to exclude his partner and the kids. After all, he claims that snowglobes are very inexpensive.
So, his mom could have just picked up three more to show Ellie and her kids that they are welcomed and accepted.
“I would get it if it was just for us [siblings], but she gets them for partners and kids, too,” he vented.
It appears that the rest of his family just did not agree with his perspective on the situation, though. In fact, he later received a few angry texts from his sister– who claimed that he created issues during the holiday get-together.
On top of that, he also got accused of disrespecting his parents and Jane and was told that he needed to apologize.
So now, with the new year approaching, he has been left wondering if calling out his mom for excluding his girlfriend and kids from the snowglobe tradition was justified or if it just made him a real jerk.
Do you think one year of dating is enough to gain entry into a family tradition? Does it matter that Ellie is his girlfriend, and Jane is actually his brother’s spouse? If you were in his shoes, how would you have felt about this situation? Did he have a right to call out his mom or not?
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