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[quote=Crew]I'll try to make this brief. 
My GF of 5 years turned 50 and I wanted to arrange a surprise dinner with her 4 best friends and their spouses. 
On top of that, because she and her brother, and his family, are very close I also arranged a dinner on her birthday with her brother and his wife. I did this because he was going to be away the night of dinner with friends, otherwise I would certainly include him. Because I was limited to 10 for the big dinner I could not include her two nieces and their husbands for this dinner. However, I did ask them to join us the next day for brunch at a very nice, upscale hotel. They accepted the brunch invite. 
The day before the dinner with friends, and the day that her brother is leaving for his trip, he texts me saying he heard I'm hosting a surprise party for sis and is "surprised" I didn't include any family, i.e. the nieces. I immediately called him, apologized for any unintentional hurt feelings and explained that this was for sis and her friends and that I had brunch plans with the nieces the following day. I said they were close, and they really are. Sis has no children of her own and treats the nieces like daughters. They reciprocate that feeling back to their aunt. Great kids. 
So, after thinking this over, I'm not thinking I did anything wrong. If bro were home I would have dropped one couple and included him. He and I generally get along pretty well and I'm a little pissed that he made an issue of this. 
Any thoughts as to if I'm being unfair in this matter?[/quote]

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