His Wife Is Refusing To Host His Brother And His Brother’s Girlfriend For Thanksgiving Because She Finds The 20-Year Age Gap In His Brother’s Relationship “Gross”
This guy and his wife are currently in their mid-thirties; meanwhile, his brother is in his late forties.
But he and his brother both work in the same field, and they attend conferences together quite regularly. Plus, since his brother is an executive, he values his brother’s career advice because he’s trying to move up to a management position.
“We also share some of the same hobbies, so basically, we spend a lot of time together and are very close,” he said.
However, his wife has never loved his brother. And now, ever since his brother began dating a younger woman, his wife’s opinion has only become more sour.
For some context, his brother was never the “relationship type” and mainly focused on his career. That was until he met his current girlfriend, though, who is in her late twenties.
His wife doesn’t approve of his brother’s relationship, either, and thinks that the 20-year age gap is “gross.” He, on the other hand, doesn’t think it’s a big deal.
“I don’t see a problem with it since my brother’s girlfriend is an adult, has a career, owns her home, and is fully aware of their age difference. So, she’s making a conscious choice to be with him,” he reasoned.
Regardless, he and his wife have had pretty heated discussions about his brother’s relationship. More recently, they even got into a massive argument centered around Thanksgiving.
This year, he and his wife will be hosting the holiday for their family. But apparently, his wife decided to “put her foot down” and refused to invite his brother or his brother’s girlfriend!
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After hearing that, he actually called his wife crazy and pointed out how no one else in the family would attend the holiday if his brother was excluded.
“But she’s standing her ground and said that if my brother’s in our house, she’ll spend Thanksgiving with her family,” he revealed.
Now, he realizes that since he and his wife are married, he’s supposed to take her side on most issues. However, he really thinks that she’s being “silly” in regard to his brother.
So, on the one hand, he wants to have a good holiday with his brother.
“But on the other hand, I don’t want to spend a major holiday without my wife,” he vented.
That’s why he can’t figure out what to do and has been left wondering if not caring about the age gap between his brother and his brother’s girlfriend is really so crazy or not.
Does it sound like his brother’s girlfriend is at a stable and mature point in life with a career and a home? Why do you think his wife is so against his brother’s relationship if it makes his brother happy? How would you deal with this tough situation?
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