Posted on 06/29/2023 9:25:13 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Four months before my daughter’s wedding, she told me that her uncle (my brother, “Dave”) would make her feel unsafe if he was a guest. She asked me not to invite him.
My daughter is very politically progressive, as are many of her friends, and although she and Dave have always had a good relationship (I thought), he is a conservative voter and has supported candidates we all abhor.
Dave has always been very nice, so my daughter’s request surprised me.
I wrote Dave a very nice note, telling him that we would not be comfortable with him at the wedding and that he would not be invited.
SNIP
Afterward, I sent him a card and pictures from the wedding, all in an effort to make him feel like he was not being totally left out.
I have not heard from Dave since then. When my siblings found out what I had done they were angry with me.
That is just one problem.
Another problem is that Dave has not sent my daughter and son-in-law a wedding gift.
In the past, Dave has given family members wedding checks in excess of $1,000.
She says she was counting on receiving the same type of gift.
My husband says I should drop it – but I can’t. Dave’s behavior is upsetting and embarrassing to me.
How can I get my brother to recognize and change his petty behavior?
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Is Dave a FReeper? We could use his kind.
Assuming this is real.....
well it may be made up, but if so- it still is very typical of how liberals act- and far too many families have run into this exact same scenario no doubt
The true character of a liberal on full display.
Yeah. Libs would figure he should send more like $1,200...because of inflation.
Me thinks somebody was scamming Dear Amy.
What a maggot.
Still reading, but what is “she told me that her uncle (my brother, “Dave”) would make her feel unsafe if he was a guest.” ? Unsafe how, exactly? Is the uncle a brute who will smash everything after a few drinks? (Including bridesmaids) Or is he more likely to refuse to use some weirdo’s preferred pronouns and hurt their feelings? The notion of someone feeling “unsafe” has been stood on its head. I feel sorry for the pathetic liberals growing up today who are so fragile they will make sporting a tie-dyed T shirt and a man-bun while playing a spirited round of hacky-sack look like legendary he-men who had just sacked a village. They will be no match for those tiny Chinamen who will come to defeat them.
Liberals spouting their "progressive" ideas in college expect us all to pay for them. There is nothing "progressive" about these feudal fascist ideas. Nuts to that as well.
The bride would “feel unsafe” if a conservative was at her wedding.
But, as I posted earlier, this whole letter is so ridiculous, it’s hard to believe it’s real.
Award for the most clueless, selfish, petty, narcissistic and entitled snowflake response to Uncle/brother Dave... oh the #RustyIrony!!! (envelope please...)
“How can I get my brother to recognize and change his petty behavior?”
If I was Dave I’d say: “Congratulations on your wedding niece and congrats Sis, be proud she’s turned out just like you. So sorry, but giving the newlyweds any of my money makes me feel unsafe, I know you’ll understand. You and new (”progressive?”) hubby can help save the planet by not having children.” Bestooya! Uncle Dave.
No, no, no! You have things mixed up-those are the Penthouse letters you are thinking of!!!!
Me my gf and her family haven’t seen or heard from the niece since President Trump beat hillary.
Good riddence..
“The progressive mindset is to hate everything about conservatives with a white-hot passion, except their money”
There’s a bit of that addressed in “Atlas Shrugged”. A ne’er-do-well relative of Hank Rearden’s, BIL, I think, asked Hank to hand over a good deal of money. But he didn’t want his circle of friends to know it came from a capitalist.
It’s been decades since I read it, so am not sure if I got it right. But I think it’s something like that.
We have family who are happy to take our money when they want or need it. But have heard they bad-mouth us behind our backs.
Sometimes but this is all too real See my post #39
So he’s not invited and doesn’t send a gift and the mom of bride is mad about it? Who’s really the “petty” one?😄
See my post #39
“Dave’s behavior is upsetting and embarrassing to me.
How can I get my brother to recognize and change his petty behavior?”
Well, step one would be to change your own petty behavior and apologize to Dave profusely. Then get your child to do the same.
[[The letter to Amy has to be made up. Nobody is that stupid, not even the worst of the democrats. ]]
Disagree- we have a cousin exactly like both the girl and her mom- We’ve been cut off from communicating with them, but they are still allowed to write and cry poverty and beg for money- She slams our politics, then got all huffy when we responded and wrote “ENOUGH- You don’t get to make up facts”-
Her cutting us off has been a blessing
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