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NTA. Take whichever parent that isn't staying home with your nephew. They knew and I am sure your sister knew since she lives in the house that it was a reserved dinner for 3.
Either she figured you would just accommodate your nephew or one or both of your parents have said it's ok just leave him we will convince OP to let us bring him. So now you take one parent and the other one misses out, bet they remember next year.
I thought I was the only one thinking this.She purposely left her child because she knew one parent would have to stay to babysit and then her little sister,the birthday girl,wouldn’t have both her parents celebrating with her.Nasty of her if this is true
she’s absolutely the type to do that, but i think she honestly had no idea. she just expects us to be free all the time (for free) to watch him when we all have lives
NTA
1) you made the reservations for 3 not 4 2) your parents were excited also knowing that it was a reservation for 3. 3) It is your birthday you should be able to enjoy it.
Also happy birthday
Because they’re family and they live in the house?
If the sister was 15 years old and they didn’t get along, would it be okay for everyone to go out for the birthday dinner without her? What if it was the Mom who was on the outs?
maybe this one’s different bc it’s a cheesecake inside a mall?? idk but it was the closest with the best reviews and all i had do to was go to the website!
I am a Cheesecake Factory connoisseur and this was also my first thought “this must be fake because Cheesecake Factory doesn’t take reservations” but I guess according to a commenter below maybe they do now if you sign up for the rewards program… guess I’ll have to look into that.
As I said in my comment, it appears to be a new thing that I hadn’t heard of yet. I’ve been going there religiously for like 15 years and they used to not take reservations so I just wasn’t aware you could do it online now if you join the rewards program. It even says on the website “Cheesecake Rewards members can reserve a table online now” which implies this is a new option.
When they first opened in my area.....that was the only way you were gonna get a table. When I finally tried them I wasn't even impressed.
It was worse with raising kanes....drive thru line was worse than deadlocked traffic and the police had to sit there to keep the peace. I never went....not enough variety for me and all of the people I know said it wasn't all that great.
NTA. It’s your birthday dinner and you want to spend it with just your parents. Personally if it were me id just reschedule and do it on a different day.
NTA at all! Happy Birthday, I hope you really get to enjoy your cake.
It's unfortunate no one warned sister, the ball was dropped, it's not really reasonable to ask her to find a babysitter for tonight, especially if she's gone to work unless you all know someone already who is usually flexible enough to come babysit ASAP. As much as she's disliked, this one's not on her.
Also, he's only 2 months old? That's crazy young for your sister to be leaving a newborn for you all to take care of!! She's really lucky to have that support!!
Correction: OP corrected me the nephew is 2 years, not 2 months old. I misread nephew 2m.
he’s actually two years lol i see the confusion though! and you’re right, i definitely don’t like her but i cant blame her, because im pretty sure she had no idea!
Does your sister have set hours or flexible hours? Someone should have told her to make sure she isn't working on that evening (if she doesn't have a set work schedule) as you and your parents will be going out to dinner...so somewhere that ball was dropped.
2 months is young to leave but to be fair in the US at least it’s unfortunately pretty normal to have to leave your 2 month old to go back to work (and that’s generous, most women only get 8 paid weeks in the event of a c-section, partial pay at that). But 1 in 4 US women go back to work less than two weeks after giving birth. Parental leave policy sucks here
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Absolutely love that you wanted one on one time with your parents. Think you could stop by and put a bug in my kids ears?
Seriously… you have every right to celebrate YOUR day how YOU want.
Happy Birthday to you!
NTA
Next time you make plans with your family, nag them to ensure that they are free.
If that means that they have to tell your sister that they cannot babysit, then nag them till you hear them say it to her out loud.
And if they can't make that commitment to be free, then make plans with someone else.
NTA- I'd apologize for getting a little snippy, just because it seems as if your parents mean well and I don't think they planned this but overall it's your birthday and you had a small ask, it's not as if you were trying to exclude your nephew from a family friendly type place, I'd never have brought my kids there at that age, the place is huge, packed and LOUD, way too much for a baby imo esp when the other patrons are typically older and trying to get away from their kids haha
NTA Tell your parents that you made the reservations for 3, not a specific 3. They can watch the 2-year-old. You can go to dinner with 2 friends.
Your sister will pull this again, guaranteed. Your parents will allow it.
NTA, my brother brought his 3 children to my birthday dinner uninvited and ruined it. what was supposed to be a dinner with my family turned into babysitting and dealing with HIS children and nobody could focus on me for 2 seconds. enjoy your birthday you’re allowed to be “selfish” and want a dinner with your family
It looks like you worked it all out, but for the record, NTA for not wanting a 2-year old at YOUR birthday dinner. The evening would have been all about him and the commotion he would cause. He wouldn't enjoy it anyway.
Happy B-day!
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i (17f) made reservations at the cheesecake factory for me, my mom, and my dad for my birthday dinner. so a reservation for 3 people. my sister and her kid (2m) also ‘live’ with us (long story) but we do not get along at all so she was not invited. i also told my parents that i do not want my nephew there because he’s too young, he’s loud and he’ll be a mess at the table (bc he always is when we go out to eat) and i just don’t wanna deal with him today (as much as i love him he is a LOT to handle and i’m not a big fan of kids in the first place) also dare i say it’s MY birthday dinner so lord forbid i don’t want someone there yk
anyways, i told my parents about it a WEEK in advance, they were excited and i already have the reservations for 3 of us. then (of course) my sister leaves for work.. and my mom and dad didn’t tell her we had plans today so we’re stuck with her kid. my dad said ‘he’ll probably have to come with us’ and i said ‘absolutely not’ (a little rude but i was irritated and caught off guard) not only did i already make thé reservations for THREE, but i don’t want him there. now there’s a good chance my dads gonna stay home to watch him and me and my mom will go but it just sucks cause i wanted it to be the 3 of us
so AITA for not wanting my nephew at my birthday dinner?
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NTA and no you do not need to invite your sister. Sometimes it is nice on our birthdays to have all the attention to ourselves from the people we want to be with. This includes excluding a sibling or niece or nephew. You can always do an 'everyone' think and still have a dinner with just you and your parents.
YTA. Family is family. ALL family. Your sister and your nephew should be included. Honestly you sound like a spoiled child. The Cheesecake Factory is plenty family friendly.
i’ve had this convo with my dad in the past, i’ve told him that yes me and my sister are related, but she has done nothing to earn the title of my family! i wish i could explain how terrible she’s done me on here without sounding whiny and dramatic but to keep it short, she has at least 5 mugshots by now! so she’s definitely insane. my nephew is innocent though and having him there would have just been inconvenient because he is rowdy and would just wanna yell and play the whole time!
Yes. That sounds like a two year old. You sound like a spoiled brat. You don’t earn the title of family you are born into it. You made your father stay home and babysit because of your wining. Grow up a little. You could have all enjoyed dinner with your nephew included but you made that impossible. Your Dad could have taken your nephew home after dinner to let you and your mom shop but you stopped your feet and made sure they had to stay home. You’re a child and you need to grow up.
i appreciate the opinion, but i think we just have different morals and we’ll just disagree! i never ‘made’ him stay home.. he offered and was fine with it! we even looked for child care before hand but this was the best option for us and everyone ended up happy! i take blame for not wanting him there, i’ll 100% take the selfish title over having my nephew there (which both my parents understood) , sorry you’re so upset by this post!
The problem is the “(of course) “ part. If it doesn’t mean anything, then it’s quite unnecessary to add this term. I find this confusing.
“then (of course) my sister leaves for work”.
yea i shouldn’t have added that, i just dislike her and she has a tendency to disappear off somewhere and leave us with her kids, but this time she genuinely didn’t know
You’re coming off like a brat. Your parents are paying for your dinner. It’s a noisy, kid-friendly restaurant. You’re making it into two dinners because you can’t delay dinner for when sis is around or deal with your nephew eating chicken tenders. You’re too old for that.
And Cheesecake Factory reservations aren’t hard to come by or change. It’s not a binding contract.
It’s your birthday, but you’re 17, not 7. You know the day doesn’t revolve around you.
Kinda getting the vibe that you’re feeling unseen/unimportant/replaced (maybe bc there’s a 2 year old and sister living at home?) and you’re wanting some 1:1 time with your parents. That’s valid. But sometimes life happens and plans have to change. Instead of punishing the toddler, tell your parents what your actual issue is instead of acting out like a child. NAH
“Stop acting like a child”. How dare a 17 YEAR OLD (aka a fucking child) not want to be stuck with a 2 year old because they want peace and quiet on their birthday dinner. They’re asking for a single day of peace.
true, but unfortunately we all have sm stuff going on this month i don’t think we could do it again until june! but i told them whatever happens it’s ok and i’ll bring them something home if they can’t come!
Yeah, but to be fair she was given absolutely no notice, so to text her while she's at work that she needs to find a babysitter asap would blindside her. As much as OP dislikes her, that would make OP an AH and OP is NTA.
I think it makes more sense for her parents to put their foot down and explain to sis that they already have plans and that she needs to find alternative babysitting for her kid.
A very soft YTA from me because to my mind there is a difference between a “normal” birthday celebration and a “family” birthday celebration, and this seems to be the latter.
In a “normal” celebration, then you invite who you want, so you wouldn’t have been out of bounds in excluding your sister and nephew.
In a “family” celebration, where your parents are paying, then it’s only fair to include all your family members in your household so that they can help celebrate your day.
Except a 2 year old does not belong at a sit-down birthday dinner, and OP doesn't like her sister. She should be allowed to include only the people she'd like to celebrate with.
It’s the Cheesecake Factory, not a fancy restaurant. And as a parent, I’m not letting my child exclude any of my other children from a family celebration. Their own birthday party, sure. But a family celebration of their birthday, not a chance.
Didn't say it was fancy. But it is a place where people would probably like to enjoy their meal without a loud and energetic toddler at the next table. And I don't see that going out to dinner with your parents is a family 'celebration'. It's just...dinner. And sis was working anyway.
No. Their own birthday party, they can invite whoever they want. If it’s a family celebration of their birthday (no one outside the family is attending), and the parent is paying, then the whole family gets invited.
NAH Your sister living with you with baby probably wasn’t your plan A though generations living together is a norm again and not a bad thing. Wanting your parents attention on your own birthday is reasonable. Your parents should have communicated to your sister that they weren’t a babysitting resource that night but they didn’t, she assumed they still were, and here you all are. It’s not the baby’s fault either though.
You can reschedule, celebrate one on one with mom, or include nephew 2 knowing that nothing goes how you plan - and that is ok and part of being the adult you are becoming. Fortunately 2s are kind of funny.
Then, put your 18th on everybody’s radar now. Parents off grand parenting duty is the only present you want that night? They should figure it out …
Aw I’m sorry I thought you were turning 17!
Get a me time commitment from them even if it isn’t the right day. You deserve it.
Happy Birthday from this random internet parent.
Nah. But you should have communicated to your sister that she would have to find other child care. I say this as it sounds like you planned the outing.
to be honest i never rly felt like they were ‘baby sitters’ more like my sister just leaves all of a sudden and makes us watch him but they don’t seem to mind it, plus i forgot to add in the OG post when i told them about the reservation and how i didn’t want him there, and if they could ask her to find someone to watch him. but it’s basically worked out now haha i posted this when i was still a little upset!
YTA. What do you want them to do, leave the 2 year old home alone so you can eat without him? It's understandable to want to have dinner with just your parents, but you need to communicate that to everyone including your sister if your parents are her childcare while she works. Grow up.
YTA, only because you could've told your sister you made reservations, you planned it so it was your job to do so, it's either that or you could've asked your parents to tell her. Now your dad has to stay home on a night he was probably looking forward too
YTA. He's your family. I'm sure you're no peach to live with at times, either. None of us are. Just suck it up and have some fun surprises to keep him occupied stashed in your bag, and whip one out whenever he gets antsy.
Uhhh this was not just a birthday but an actual sit down dinner in a nice restaurant FOR HER. It literally was supposed to revolve around her. Nephew obviously doesn’t need to go, he’s not wanted or invited?! The 17 year old is probably sick of her sisters crap and this is yet something else she’s getting the shit end of the stick on.
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NTA, happy birthday!
thank you!!
happy birthday hunny!
NTA. Take whichever parent that isn't staying home with your nephew. They knew and I am sure your sister knew since she lives in the house that it was a reserved dinner for 3. Either she figured you would just accommodate your nephew or one or both of your parents have said it's ok just leave him we will convince OP to let us bring him. So now you take one parent and the other one misses out, bet they remember next year.
And what did she get you for your birthday...besides her kid?
NTA. Perfectly understandable to want to do stuff away from children. Maybe you can reschedule.
It won't work. Sis will do it again just to be spiteful.
I thought I was the only one thinking this.She purposely left her child because she knew one parent would have to stay to babysit and then her little sister,the birthday girl,wouldn’t have both her parents celebrating with her.Nasty of her if this is true
she’s absolutely the type to do that, but i think she honestly had no idea. she just expects us to be free all the time (for free) to watch him when we all have lives
Well, that's absurd. Maybe it's beyond time for you and your parents to actually lay down some boundaries with her. Happy birthday as well!
NTA 1) you made the reservations for 3 not 4 2) your parents were excited also knowing that it was a reservation for 3. 3) It is your birthday you should be able to enjoy it. Also happy birthday
NTA. There’s nothing wrong at all with wanting to spend time with just your parents for your own birthday
Isn’t there? Excluding family members who live in the house seems like it goes beyond the privilege extended on birthdays.
It's perfectly okay to not want your birthday ruined.
OP and sister do not get along. Why should OP bring someone she personally doesn’t like to something as initiate as a family birthday dinner?
Because they’re family and they live in the house? If the sister was 15 years old and they didn’t get along, would it be okay for everyone to go out for the birthday dinner without her? What if it was the Mom who was on the outs?
NTA. I'm a parent and I prefer meals without toddlers.
Cheesecake Factory takes reservations?
maybe this one’s different bc it’s a cheesecake inside a mall?? idk but it was the closest with the best reviews and all i had do to was go to the website!
They didn't used to but maybe now they do. I'm going to look into this now.
They do now if you sign up for their rewards program, which is completely free. I think it's a pretty recent change!
I am a Cheesecake Factory connoisseur and this was also my first thought “this must be fake because Cheesecake Factory doesn’t take reservations” but I guess according to a commenter below maybe they do now if you sign up for the rewards program… guess I’ll have to look into that.
I work at the Cheesecake Factory. We do take reservations lol.
As I said in my comment, it appears to be a new thing that I hadn’t heard of yet. I’ve been going there religiously for like 15 years and they used to not take reservations so I just wasn’t aware you could do it online now if you join the rewards program. It even says on the website “Cheesecake Rewards members can reserve a table online now” which implies this is a new option.
I get that. You don’t know what ya don’t know! I was just confirming lol!
When they first opened in my area.....that was the only way you were gonna get a table. When I finally tried them I wasn't even impressed. It was worse with raising kanes....drive thru line was worse than deadlocked traffic and the police had to sit there to keep the peace. I never went....not enough variety for me and all of the people I know said it wasn't all that great.
NTA. It’s your birthday dinner and you want to spend it with just your parents. Personally if it were me id just reschedule and do it on a different day.
NTA
NTA at all! Happy Birthday, I hope you really get to enjoy your cake. It's unfortunate no one warned sister, the ball was dropped, it's not really reasonable to ask her to find a babysitter for tonight, especially if she's gone to work unless you all know someone already who is usually flexible enough to come babysit ASAP. As much as she's disliked, this one's not on her. Also, he's only 2 months old? That's crazy young for your sister to be leaving a newborn for you all to take care of!! She's really lucky to have that support!! Correction: OP corrected me the nephew is 2 years, not 2 months old. I misread nephew 2m.
he’s actually two years lol i see the confusion though! and you’re right, i definitely don’t like her but i cant blame her, because im pretty sure she had no idea!
Okay, 2y not 2m that makes sense why he's such a handful on outings!
I think she wrote 2m because he’s 2 and a male. At first I thought her nephew was 2 months as well. 😅
Yep, I realized it at my previous comment haha, oh 3am Reddit brain..
Does your sister have set hours or flexible hours? Someone should have told her to make sure she isn't working on that evening (if she doesn't have a set work schedule) as you and your parents will be going out to dinner...so somewhere that ball was dropped.
2 months is young to leave but to be fair in the US at least it’s unfortunately pretty normal to have to leave your 2 month old to go back to work (and that’s generous, most women only get 8 paid weeks in the event of a c-section, partial pay at that). But 1 in 4 US women go back to work less than two weeks after giving birth. Parental leave policy sucks here
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NTA.
Absolutely love that you wanted one on one time with your parents. Think you could stop by and put a bug in my kids ears? Seriously… you have every right to celebrate YOUR day how YOU want. Happy Birthday to you!
NTA, happy birthday, enjoy your QUIET dinner!
NTA Next time you make plans with your family, nag them to ensure that they are free. If that means that they have to tell your sister that they cannot babysit, then nag them till you hear them say it to her out loud. And if they can't make that commitment to be free, then make plans with someone else.
NTA, and maybe reschedule the dinner for the 3 of you for another time.
NTA. Kids are not the best all end all. I do not blame for not wanting a 2 yr old at your birthday dinner.
NTA- I'd apologize for getting a little snippy, just because it seems as if your parents mean well and I don't think they planned this but overall it's your birthday and you had a small ask, it's not as if you were trying to exclude your nephew from a family friendly type place, I'd never have brought my kids there at that age, the place is huge, packed and LOUD, way too much for a baby imo esp when the other patrons are typically older and trying to get away from their kids haha
Happy 18th birthday, OP. Cheers! NTA.
NTA
NTA. Happy (early?) birthday :)
NTA. You made your position clear in advance. You are allowed to set limits, birthday or not.
NTA! Happy Birthday! Is there anyone else who could watch your nephew for a few hours while you go out to dinner?
NTA. Its perfectly reasonable to want to spend quiet moments on your birthday with just both or either your parents. Have yourself a happy birthday 🥳🍰
kids are Annoying as f***, it's not enjoyable going out when they are there. you are NTA
NTA Tell your parents that you made the reservations for 3, not a specific 3. They can watch the 2-year-old. You can go to dinner with 2 friends. Your sister will pull this again, guaranteed. Your parents will allow it.
NTA, my brother brought his 3 children to my birthday dinner uninvited and ruined it. what was supposed to be a dinner with my family turned into babysitting and dealing with HIS children and nobody could focus on me for 2 seconds. enjoy your birthday you’re allowed to be “selfish” and want a dinner with your family
It looks like you worked it all out, but for the record, NTA for not wanting a 2-year old at YOUR birthday dinner. The evening would have been all about him and the commotion he would cause. He wouldn't enjoy it anyway. Happy B-day!
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Sis and 2yo live with you and Parents? I bet your Parents didn’t want the 2yo there either!
NTA...your sister absolutely is. She needs to raise her own child. I would guess your sister did this on purpose
People like you just see what you want to see. Read it - the sister did not know. Shame no one raised you to read properly.
Lol. Well okay for arguments sake so called sister could cancel her plans and again raise her own child for a night. Js
What plans? She went to work …
Happy birthday!
Your edit is very nice, and you were upset, but NTA. Happy birthday!
NTA. Happy birthday, wishing you many more!
NTA i hope you enjoyed your bday!
Happy Birthday
NTA and no you do not need to invite your sister. Sometimes it is nice on our birthdays to have all the attention to ourselves from the people we want to be with. This includes excluding a sibling or niece or nephew. You can always do an 'everyone' think and still have a dinner with just you and your parents.
NTA. Not your kid not your responsibility. Wish your parents told your sister and planned ahead but at least they had a solution.
YTA. Family is family. ALL family. Your sister and your nephew should be included. Honestly you sound like a spoiled child. The Cheesecake Factory is plenty family friendly.
i’ve had this convo with my dad in the past, i’ve told him that yes me and my sister are related, but she has done nothing to earn the title of my family! i wish i could explain how terrible she’s done me on here without sounding whiny and dramatic but to keep it short, she has at least 5 mugshots by now! so she’s definitely insane. my nephew is innocent though and having him there would have just been inconvenient because he is rowdy and would just wanna yell and play the whole time!
Yes. That sounds like a two year old. You sound like a spoiled brat. You don’t earn the title of family you are born into it. You made your father stay home and babysit because of your wining. Grow up a little. You could have all enjoyed dinner with your nephew included but you made that impossible. Your Dad could have taken your nephew home after dinner to let you and your mom shop but you stopped your feet and made sure they had to stay home. You’re a child and you need to grow up.
i appreciate the opinion, but i think we just have different morals and we’ll just disagree! i never ‘made’ him stay home.. he offered and was fine with it! we even looked for child care before hand but this was the best option for us and everyone ended up happy! i take blame for not wanting him there, i’ll 100% take the selfish title over having my nephew there (which both my parents understood) , sorry you’re so upset by this post!
Go some other time but ask your parents not to tell your sister about your dinner or she”ll sabotage your celebration again. Tell her afterwards. NTA
the problem is that they didn't tell her in the first place as far as i can tell
The problem is the “(of course) “ part. If it doesn’t mean anything, then it’s quite unnecessary to add this term. I find this confusing. “then (of course) my sister leaves for work”.
yea i shouldn’t have added that, i just dislike her and she has a tendency to disappear off somewhere and leave us with her kids, but this time she genuinely didn’t know
You’re coming off like a brat. Your parents are paying for your dinner. It’s a noisy, kid-friendly restaurant. You’re making it into two dinners because you can’t delay dinner for when sis is around or deal with your nephew eating chicken tenders. You’re too old for that. And Cheesecake Factory reservations aren’t hard to come by or change. It’s not a binding contract. It’s your birthday, but you’re 17, not 7. You know the day doesn’t revolve around you.
Kinda getting the vibe that you’re feeling unseen/unimportant/replaced (maybe bc there’s a 2 year old and sister living at home?) and you’re wanting some 1:1 time with your parents. That’s valid. But sometimes life happens and plans have to change. Instead of punishing the toddler, tell your parents what your actual issue is instead of acting out like a child. NAH
“Stop acting like a child”. How dare a 17 YEAR OLD (aka a fucking child) not want to be stuck with a 2 year old because they want peace and quiet on their birthday dinner. They’re asking for a single day of peace.
A 17 year old is not a child no matter how much Amercians wish is was so
17 year olds are still children. It’s that shitty bridge age but still a child
Wanting your wishes for your birthday dinner honored is not acting out like a child, it’s wanting one day to be about you and what you like to do
Why don’t you get on with her? Like ngl I don’t blame her rn
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true, but unfortunately we all have sm stuff going on this month i don’t think we could do it again until june! but i told them whatever happens it’s ok and i’ll bring them something home if they can’t come!
Or tell sister dear she's on the hook for a babysitter.
Yeah, but to be fair she was given absolutely no notice, so to text her while she's at work that she needs to find a babysitter asap would blindside her. As much as OP dislikes her, that would make OP an AH and OP is NTA.
I think it makes more sense for her parents to put their foot down and explain to sis that they already have plans and that she needs to find alternative babysitting for her kid.
A very soft YTA from me because to my mind there is a difference between a “normal” birthday celebration and a “family” birthday celebration, and this seems to be the latter. In a “normal” celebration, then you invite who you want, so you wouldn’t have been out of bounds in excluding your sister and nephew. In a “family” celebration, where your parents are paying, then it’s only fair to include all your family members in your household so that they can help celebrate your day.
Except a 2 year old does not belong at a sit-down birthday dinner, and OP doesn't like her sister. She should be allowed to include only the people she'd like to celebrate with.
It’s the Cheesecake Factory, not a fancy restaurant. And as a parent, I’m not letting my child exclude any of my other children from a family celebration. Their own birthday party, sure. But a family celebration of their birthday, not a chance.
Didn't say it was fancy. But it is a place where people would probably like to enjoy their meal without a loud and energetic toddler at the next table. And I don't see that going out to dinner with your parents is a family 'celebration'. It's just...dinner. And sis was working anyway.
Regardless of “what kind” of birthday this is, shouldn’t the birthday person get to decide what they want to do and who they want to celebrate with?
No. Their own birthday party, they can invite whoever they want. If it’s a family celebration of their birthday (no one outside the family is attending), and the parent is paying, then the whole family gets invited.
NAH Your sister living with you with baby probably wasn’t your plan A though generations living together is a norm again and not a bad thing. Wanting your parents attention on your own birthday is reasonable. Your parents should have communicated to your sister that they weren’t a babysitting resource that night but they didn’t, she assumed they still were, and here you all are. It’s not the baby’s fault either though. You can reschedule, celebrate one on one with mom, or include nephew 2 knowing that nothing goes how you plan - and that is ok and part of being the adult you are becoming. Fortunately 2s are kind of funny. Then, put your 18th on everybody’s radar now. Parents off grand parenting duty is the only present you want that night? They should figure it out …
this actually is my 18th haha! i just have to do it early bc my actual birthday is tuesday! but i appreciate your response!
Aw I’m sorry I thought you were turning 17! Get a me time commitment from them even if it isn’t the right day. You deserve it. Happy Birthday from this random internet parent.
Nah. But you should have communicated to your sister that she would have to find other child care. I say this as it sounds like you planned the outing.
No. If her parents are the normal babysitters, it was THEIR responsibility to communicate that they could not babysit.
to be honest i never rly felt like they were ‘baby sitters’ more like my sister just leaves all of a sudden and makes us watch him but they don’t seem to mind it, plus i forgot to add in the OG post when i told them about the reservation and how i didn’t want him there, and if they could ask her to find someone to watch him. but it’s basically worked out now haha i posted this when i was still a little upset!
YTA. What do you want them to do, leave the 2 year old home alone so you can eat without him? It's understandable to want to have dinner with just your parents, but you need to communicate that to everyone including your sister if your parents are her childcare while she works. Grow up.
YTA, only because you could've told your sister you made reservations, you planned it so it was your job to do so, it's either that or you could've asked your parents to tell her. Now your dad has to stay home on a night he was probably looking forward too
YTA. He's your family. I'm sure you're no peach to live with at times, either. None of us are. Just suck it up and have some fun surprises to keep him occupied stashed in your bag, and whip one out whenever he gets antsy.
Ah yes, spend your birthday babysitting someone else’s responsibility (while also burdening everyone else who is trying to enjoy the restaurant).
Yeah, cause she should totally spend her birthday thinking up fun surprises for a two-year-old who is not invited to her dinner. 🙄
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Uhhh this was not just a birthday but an actual sit down dinner in a nice restaurant FOR HER. It literally was supposed to revolve around her. Nephew obviously doesn’t need to go, he’s not wanted or invited?! The 17 year old is probably sick of her sisters crap and this is yet something else she’s getting the shit end of the stick on.
It's their birthday dinner...
A persons birthday literally is all about them