In today's Ask Amy, a mom gets mad when her son is invited to a wedding but not the reception.
Although anyone could understand your concern regarding your son’s exclusion, your brusque response would not inspire the bride to change her mind. For that to happen, you would have had to ask a question, versus stating a declarative.You could try to turn this around by changing your tone from one conveying how insulted you are, to its more polite version: “We’re so sorry we won’t be able to make it to your wedding — but we hope you have a wonderful and joyful day. We regret having to miss it.
After a couple of months, she started to express disappointment and irritation that I won’t go to her friends’ dinner parties, group functions and outings.
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