Yesterday I had my first drama! And it was a doosie! Short background - my dad has 8 brothers and sisters. His one brother married this woman who we all tried to embrace(as we are a very close family) but for some reason she hates our guts. She has done some really terrible things, most of all cutting off my uncle from our family and threatening to take their kids from him if he has anything to do with us. It's all very sad. I still love my uncle very much so when it came time to do the invites, I invited him. And his lovely wife. And their 3 kids who I barely know since they have been kept from us. I thought I was doing the gracious thing by my family and so what if they don't come..at least I did the polite thing.
Well my mom found out that I invited them and she was so MAD. She wasn't mad about my uncle or the kids, just mad that I invited his wife. She calls me up yelling about how I stabbed her in the back by inviting her and that if she showed up it would ruin the entire day. I personally don't care that much about this woman so it never occurred to me that my mom would get so upset. I tried explaining to my mom that I did not do it to offend her, simply to do the right thing (and also bc we are the better people and don't stoop to such low class tactics!).
This did not satisfy my mom. She sends my uncle an email explaining that he and the kids are certainly welcome but his wife is not invited. I have to admit that I don't want this woman there either but it meant more to me that my uncle be there and if it meant she had to come, so be it. Now I doubt he will come at all. I'm a tad upset with my mom about this but if she feels this strongly about it I guess I will just let it go. What's done is done I guess.