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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Time to lose the nice, OP.

"Larlas, are you aware that I am not married and do not have children? Why on earth are you forcing me into a celebration of your husbands? You are not being sensitive. Stop being selfish."

And if they call you names or whatever, don't respond and don't go.
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You sound very bitter.

We have children who have children and children who don’t.  We have children who don’t have children because they chose not to, and we have children who don’t have children partly at least because the decision was not entirely theirs.

Everyone always invites everyone else to any, shall we say, beyond the nuclear family event regardless of marital or child status.  Everyone recognizes that everyone merits an invitation regardless, and beyond that the nieces and nephews love the childless aunts and uncles regardless - and vice versa.

Why can’t you just treat the event as a good excuse for an extended family get together?  Why does it have to be so loaded?
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Hi Smug Grandma,

Because OP feels her sisters won't take no for an answer, and that they're generally pushy and tone-deaf. Therefore OP needs to be crystal clear, and if she ruffles feathers in order to get her point across, that's fine.

You seem to not understand that it's OK for relatives to push back firmly against other relatives. I'm sure you do it without thinking in your life, but somehow you think OP isn't allowed to? Get over yourself. [/quote]

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