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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No the boomers keep asking when they are going to be invited to a party to celebrate the birthday. They 100% expect OP to throw an extra party just for their benefit. This is stupid, entitled and ridiculous boomer behavior.

Just be direct and repeat that you are not having a second party. They can FaceTime a Happy Birthday or do a regular call, send a card through the mail, send a gift or not or just stew that their grandchild is enjoying her birthday in NYC rather than celebrating in a manner that works better for them. [/quote]

Calm down. These people love and just want to celebrate their granddaughter. Op is just being difficult for no apparent reason. Does she not like her daughter enough to want people to acknowledge her birthday more than once?[/quote]

You are missing the point.  OP’s kid picked a trip to NYC and has or had things planned with both set of grandparents.  One of the sets wants an additional birthday party because their visit did not count because it was 4 days before the actual birthday.  This has nothing to do with the birthday girl and all about difficult parents.

I already posted that we no longer have extended birthday parties with grandparents, their choice, because my teens aren’t excited for cake etc anymore and aren’t fun little kids.  They STILL call and have issues with our celebration if we don’t have a traditional cake.  It’s apparently not a birthday without a traditional cake and “happy birthday” written on it.  It doesn’t matter if the birthday kid picked a different dessert, which they frequently do, because they don’t really like cake.   I ignore all of that behavior.  I found out in recent years that ice cream cake doesn’t even count.  The boomer generation is really amazing with their demands.  [/quote]

It doesn’t have to be a party. But Op never brought it up at the in-laws to head it off at the pass. Not very smart.[/quote]

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