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[quote=Anonymous]A couple things:

*grandma should’ve told birthday party kid’s parents that she really hopes to come to the party and is honored to be invited but that *if* other daughter goes into labor/has baby early, she’ll probably have to go there instead. This way bday party kid’s parents know what to expect. My daughter’s 2nd bday party was scheduled for the same day my nephew wound up being born in a different city. So I’ve actually been in this exact same situation. But my parents had told me as soon as I invited them to my daughter’s party that they’d 100% be there [i]unless[/i] my SIL went into labor/gave birth then. Of course I totally understood that they were prioritizing my newborn nephew in that case. But it helped that they had already discussed this w us beforehand so we knew what they’d do in that scenario.

*assuming no complications w newborn or postpartum mom, grandma should’ve still acknowledged birthday kid and communicated w bday kid’s parents—by calling them ASAP to schedule a different time to come celebrate bday kid or by sending a nice gift or FaceTiming bday kid—something! So that bday kid’s family doesn’t wind up feeling slighted.

Grandma is the one who messed up in this situation. And likely grandma is the reason the 3 adult kids don’t get along. Too bad. [/quote]

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