I have a son, Adam. He is two years old. Despite his age, he is very smart and calm. He is a gold, not a child. We often take him with us to various events and nothing unexpected has ever happened.
And recently my sister had a wedding. From the very beginning, she categorically objected when I said that I would take the child with me. She does not like children very much, so the celebration was held in the style of “child-free”. As a happy mother, I do not support such views at all. I was ready to take Adam with me, but I realized that it was my sister’s holiday, so I had to respect her opinion. I left my son with a friend.
But on the eve of the wedding, my friend, who agreed to become a nanny for one night, said that she was ill. My friend apologized for a long time, but we are adults and we understand that we are not immune from such things. I said that nothing terrible had happened, and I sat down to think. I had everything ready. All that remained was to sleep and go to the wedding in the morning. Yes, but what to do with Adam?
There was no other way out: either not to go at all, or to take the child with me. Not even the hall, because of what my sister will be offended more. It’s okay, she won’t kick us out of her own wedding.
My son-in-law, by the way, is a wealthy man. I think it will be something to look at. I thought for a long time whether to warn my sister that I would come with a child, but she was so preoccupied that I decided to go all-in.
And in vain. When Daniela saw Adam, she made a scandal of me. She threw insulting words at us and accused me of ruining her wedding.
– Why did you take your son? I warned you in advance that there should be no children here. Why could others listen, but not you? You ruined everything!
I was embarrassed. Did I do something illegal? My son just stood silently, blinking his eyes and not understanding what his aunt wanted from him. I could not understand what exactly I had done to spoil the celebration of the newlyweds. But then it was only worse.
– Take the child and leave the party. And go where? I don’t care where. The rules were the same for everyone – the new son-in-law told me.
I was speechless. Is this normal at all? I tried to talk to Daniela, but she did not even want to listen to why everything happened this way. Nobody cares. They just kicked me out of the wedding because I came with Adam.
My mother saw it. She couldn’t stand it. She took my son from me and left her daughter’s wedding. I stayed with my dad purely out of respect. Although I didn’t want anything anymore. What kind of festive mood could we talk about?
Daniela still does not speak to me. She is waiting for an apology. And I do not consider myself guilty. I want to see her when she becomes a mother herself. Maybe then something will change. We’ll see.
Should I apologize?
What would you do?
