Josh's parents invited us to celebrate their 50th anniversary next month in Quebec. It is on a Monday so Josh and I booked flights (I paid for my own) from Sunday to Wednesday (he wanted to leave Tuesday but I asked to stay the extra day as I had never visited there and wanted to sightsee). His parents home is not big enough for all so his 2 sisters and their spouses and kids, along with us are renting a house. They will stay there all week.
SO...
Yesterday I received an email from his dad (to each of us). I had never received an email from him before. He says that their caterer cannot do the meal on the Monday so they're celebrating on Friday. So sorry that Josh and Barb will have left by then and miss out. (WTF????)
I asked Josh about it last night (containing my upset) and he said he would talk to his dad.
Tonight I got another email from his dad - with a detailed menu of the catered meal that we are going to miss. Then his sister replied all about how wonderful it sounded.
I replied all with "I understood we were celebrating the anniversary on Monday. Josh and I are flying out to attend from Sunday to Wednesday. It sounds delicious but I'm a bit confused".
Well, I'm more than confused. I'm outright MIFFED! I will be spending a couple hundred dollars a day to be there with the flight, car rental and house rental and we are being excluded from the anniversary dinner???
Last summer and the previous, his parents and siblings visited us at our home and we treated them like Royalty. One sister and family actually visited twice in the same month.
At Christmas I bought every single person a gift. I did not receive a single acknowledgment or a gift. In fact - his dad phoned me to tell me that he had mailed a gift for Josh - but could I wrap it and put it under the tree? And then a couple of days after Christmas he called to tell me the gift I bought Josh's Mom didn't work very well.
I LOVE Josh. But I'm not so sure about his family any more. And frankly - this just [censored].
