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AITAH for refusing to cancel my birthday trip because my boyfriend's mom planned a family dinner the same day?
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Not only was this man not willing to defend his girlfriend's choices, but he got the family involved in guilt-tripping her into joining this last-minute dinner.
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Totally, this is really just an appetizer for what would be to come if she sticks around and marries into this family. He will never be by her side or stick up for her if the family is involved.
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23-year-old pressures girlfriend to cancel her birthday getaway for a last-minute dinner with his family, she refuses, having books her trip a month in advance: "[You're] choosing friends over people who really care"
Like many women, I have a complicated relationship with my birthday. There was a time in my girlhood where it felt incredibly exciting, but somewhere in my teen years, the annual celebration began to have more melancholy undertones. Perhaps I have some internalized fear of aging, or maybe it is because every year, I have to come to terms with the fact that I have not "progressed" or "improved" in the way I thought I would. As such, I like to plan out the day of my birth very meticiously. My boyfriend even gives me my gifts the week leading up to my birthday to avoid surprises on the day of.
In our story day, a young woman has planned a whole trip for her birthday. She booked a getaway with a friends a whole month in advance, and her boyfriend seemed cool with it. However, when her boyfriend's mom sends a "mandatory" invite to last-minute a family dinner, he's suddenly much less into the idea of her vacation.