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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Family” in our house means mom, dad, brother, sister.  Not grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc.  We generally celebrate with immediate family only unless someone in the extended family just happens to be around.

Many of you here work way too hard to include everybody in everything.  We just don’t have the energy for it.  Honestly I think it’s why so many of you have family and in-law stres.[/quote]

It's usually not all our extended family, but at minimum I've always invited my parents, my brother, and my husband's parents.  My in-laws would be upset if not invited.[/quote]
Is this OP? You have not mentioned why they cannot come to the birthday dinner on the birthday?

If that's not a possibility, then I guess they'll have to be upset.  However, if it's a tradition that everyone cares about, you could also push it out.  We don't do this in my extended family, but things that we do celebrate together (christmas, thanksgiving) are often pushed out a month or two away from the actual date.  We don't care if we are 'celebrating Christmas" in early February - for us, that just means a time to get together for a meal and give presents to the kids, so it doesn't matter when it happens.[/quote]

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