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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is this woman? [b]If she has a child she’s old enough to not need to be a birthday princess and have every single person present to watch her blow out candles. [/b]Not saying OP did things perfectly but SIL sounds exhausting.

Also, I’m not a germaphobe and would probably go anyway, but at probably at least one person from that family was contagious with the flu at the party. [/quote]

On the flip side, the event was a birthday party and OP "attended."  If someone came to my birthday party I would assume they wanted to be there for the singing/cake, even if they wanted to sit outside for most of it.  Otherwise, why did OP attend at all - she didn't interact with other attendees or even eat dinner with the rest of the family.  The only reason I would think she came was for that one face time/ family picture moment, so I don't think letting her know "it's cake o'clock" is necessarily attention seeking.[/quote]

She went because her DH guilted her into it and told her she could stay outside.[/quote]

Right, and I think 90% of us agree that she should have stayed home.  But since she did go, I think it's ridiculous for people to be calling SIL every name in the book for . . . telling a guest at her birthday party that the cake cutting time has arrived.  It's [i]significantly[/i] more ridiculous of OP to attend a birthday party but pout away from the group all night than for SIL to say "hey, the cake is coming, do you and nephew want to come in and sing?"[/quote]

Agree completely. SIL is the jerk for inviting a birthday party guest to join the cake cutting? No.

OP sat outside the whole time (that is weird). And then stormed off without warning when the party wouldn't relocate outside? And then OP apologized THROUGH A TEXT?

Some of you are missing some pretty big points here.

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