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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother's wife text me letting me know that she doesn't have all the details yet but she wanted to let me know the date of my niece's party. I say ok but then she tells me that it's a joint birthday party for my niece and her sister's boyfriend's daughter who is turning the same age. I've never even met this little girl. I text her and asked if we could just have 2 different parties and SIL says "No. I'm throwing 1 party. Larla will be in town and is going to be part of the family and I can't just leave her out. Come, don't come. I don't care but I'm not making special arrangements for a grown woman." I don't know how to respond.[/quote]

Please tell me you are a troll.  [/quote]

I just don't understand her expecting us to buy presents and celebrate a stranger's birthday.[/quote]
We celebrated many joint birthdays. Nobody thought that it means buying presents for both. [/quote]

Except in this case it sounds like a little girl is celebrating her birthday as an add-on to a birthday party with a bunch of people she doesn't know, unlike two siblings each inviting their own friends, so yes you absolutely bring her a present as well (or don't attend/bring any at all) so she doesn't feel even more left out.[/quote]

Not at all--although "sister's boyfriend's daughter" sounds pretty distant, it's functionally the SIL's niece.  I suspect that since the party is hosted by SIL and her sister, there will be plenty of overlap in terms of SIL's side of the family.

And you don't need to buy gifts for both girls, although it would be nice to. [/quote]

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