She’s Upset That Her Boyfriend’s Family Only Sent Christmas Presents For His Biological Newborn This Year, Even Though They Used To Send Gifts For Her Older Teenage Son In The Past
This 34-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who is 36, have been together for about three years, and they now have a baby together, who is only an infant.
She also has another child, a son, who is 14-years-old, from a previous relationship. But, her boyfriend has always treated both his biological baby and her teenager the exact same way.
“And he was amazing with my teen even before I conceived and gave birth to our biological child,” she recalled.
“Whether it’s pocket money, days out, or just treating my teen as if there is no bearing on blood relations.”
She and her boyfriend have already spent three holiday seasons together, too. But, this year, they won’t be able to see her boyfriend’s family on Christmas Day.
So, his family members have begun dropping presents off at their house in advance over the past two weeks.
And after the third delivery of gifts to her house, she noticed something strange. There were only presents for her infant, not her teenager.
According to her, this isn’t typical since, in the past, her older son has always received gifts from her boyfriend’s family.
“The first year, my teen got things. We didn’t ask. They just did it,” she explained.
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“The second year, the baby was here, and both kids got things. But this year, only things for the baby arrived.”
Now, her teenage son only received things like candy or t-shirts from her boyfriend’s family in the past. However, it’s not the actual gifts that she’s missing this year.
Instead, it just bothers her that, all of a sudden, her teenage son is being overlooked for no reason.
“I can afford to buy my kids presents, but I didn’t want to have to pretend they were from family members who have now decided my teen isn’t being acknowledged, which could hurt his feelings,” she reasoned.
“He’s a child.”
Her boyfriend, on the other hand, doesn’t think it’s a huge deal. In fact, he basically just claimed to have enough money to add to her teenager’s present pile.
But, to her, that response just felt like her boyfriend was brushing off her concerns. So now, she’s still pretty upset that her boyfriend’s family didn’t bother to send any presents for her older son.
However, she’s not sure if she’s reading too much into the whole situation or not.
Do you think it’s strange that her boyfriend’s family suddenly stopped sending presents for her teen? Does she have a right to be upset about it, or is she overreacting? How would you feel in her shoes?
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