u/FancyAd708

AIO for feeling excluded when my partner’s sister thanked only him for our gift?

Me (27F) and my partner (28M) sent his sister and her husband $200 for their 30th birthdays because their birthdays are close together and they live interstate, so we couldn’t celebrate with them in person.

Not sure if this is relevant, but currently I’m not working because we recently moved interstate and I’m looking for work, while my partner is the breadwinner. But we’ve been together 13 years, share finances completely, and the money was very much from both of us.

We’re all pretty close as a family, which is why this bothered me. His sister called my partner to thank him for the money while I was sitting right next to him and the call was on speaker. She thanked him directly but never mentioned me once, didn’t ask to speak to me, and didn’t even say to thank me too or anything like that. Her husband was also there during the call because I could hear him in the background and didn’t say thank you either.

I know this sounds small, but I found it kind of rude and hurtful because it felt like I was completely excluded from the gesture even though it came from both of us.

My partner thinks I’m overthinking it and that she probably just automatically called her brother without thinking deeper about it.

AIO for being offended by this?

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u/FancyAd708 — 2 days ago