Woman faces backlash over ‘unfair’ reason for skipping her own birthday party

Woman faces backlash over ‘unfair’ reason for skipping her own birthday party

A woman didn’t go to her birthday party when herfamily made it a point to exclude her girlfriend.She sought advice on Reddit’s“Am I The A******” forum.“A week ago I turned 23.

I’ve been with Ry(nickname) for five years ... Ry is 27”.“for whatever reason, my mother wantedto celebrate this birthday and I agreed”.Then a week before her birthday she’stold that Ry isn’t invited to the party.“my grandmother and motherdon’t like her (age difference andthey think she ‘turned’ me)” .Ry accepted that she wasn’t invited, but the23-year-old opted to skip the party entirely.“Now my family are texting mesaying that I’ve embarrassed them …and that I’m being manipulative”.Reddit had a surprisingly mixedreaction to the situation.“Act like an adult if you want to betreated like one,” one user commented.“It’s insane to exclude a celebrant from decidingwho is going to attend their birthday,” another said