How to handle this...

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• Stina51286 member

  

  January 2012

  IMO I don't think Id say anything to anyone. I would feel weird getting an invite to events like that if I had a half sister whom I only met a few times. I also don't think it is rude not to explain it either. Yes in the end she may be hurt to find out she was never invited to yours, but if you don't know someone very well I wouldn't feel horribly aweful about not informing her of why she's not invited.

   

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• Elle1036 member

  

  January 2012

  If it were me, I would disregard the "rules" and let her know personally. 
  
  It's got to sting for her a little that the rest of your dad's family has never shown any interest in meeting or including her, and if she just never hears a word from you about your wedding, she may assume that you're taking their stance on this.  I don't know.  I just seems like an already painful situation, and I would try to make it easier on her if I could.

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• Swazzle member

  

  January 2012

  I hate you TK.

  
  
  

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• Elle1036 member

  

  January 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_handle-this?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:d100e759-9ee4-4a9c-b0b8-989eb9b5fa1fPost:7f26e82e-aed5-462d-9c53-c2d2e9f2c391">Re: How to handle this...</a>:
  [QUOTE]I hate you TK.
  Posted by rdr716[/QUOTE]
  
  Ditto.  WTF.

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• peekaboo2011 member

  

  January 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_handle-this?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:d100e759-9ee4-4a9c-b0b8-989eb9b5fa1fPost:7f26e82e-aed5-462d-9c53-c2d2e9f2c391">Re: How to handle this...</a>:
  [QUOTE]I hate you TK.
  Posted by rdr716[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>Agreed.  Why are we suddenly starting this again?!</div>

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• lunarsongbird member

  

  January 2012

  TK SUCKS TODAY

  

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• loves2shop4shoes member

  

  January 2012

  TK eats my happiness when it does this.  I wish it would eat my fat instead...

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• Swazzle member

  

  January 2012

  Thanks TK, for eating my post.... In a nutshell: 

  
  

  I have a half sister that I've always known about but she didn't know I (or my dad & his family) existed. She contacted me in 2004. Nobody in my dad's family has met her (or really wants to meet her).  I've met her 2x.  

  
  

  I received an invitation for her shower a week ago & an STD for the wedding last night. The shower is 4 hours each way & so I'm going to definitely decline that.  I'm not sure if I should go to the wedding, but I'm leaning away from it.  

  
  

  I'm not sure how to handle my own though, as in I'm not inviting her (that is not really the time or place for her to meet my dad & his family for the first time ever) but I don't know if I should explain this to her (even though I know technically it's against etiquette).  

  
  
  

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• loves2shop4shoes member

  

  January 2012

  Maybe just send her a card and tell her how you feel.  This way, it won't be confrontational, she'll be able to see all of what you have to say, and she has time to stew on it before responding.
  
  But I wouldn't not invite her without an explanation.

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• csousa1 member

  

  January 2012

  Why doesn't anyone want to meet her?
  
  Did you and she get along the times that you met?
  

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• Swazzle member

  

  January 2012

  Sousa, honestly, I don't know.  They're weird.  They don't include me or my (half) brother in anything & never really have.  My dad has 4 sisters, 2 of them have children & they're all "part of the family" while it's like my brother & I are outsiders.  It's pretty much has always been that way.  When I suggested we have some sort of family G2G so everyone can meet Danielle they were completely 100% against it. 
  

  
  

  We got along pretty well, yea.  The first time was at a fundraiser thing (which was totally weird, her son's dad died in a car accident & they had a fundraiser for her son's college fund a couple months later, he was like 2 at the time) & we barely got to talk because she was playing host.  The second time was tailgating at an Eagles game which was a bit more 1 on 1.  We're friends on FB.  

  
  
  

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• Blue & White member

  

  January 2012

  Is it possible for you all to get together separately outside of your weddings and kinda celebrate your weddings together?  I mean, she probably understands that it's sorta a weird situation in your family (and probably hers too)?
  
  I think it's awesome that you're taking the higher road and being her friend though, even though the rest of your family isn't doing the same.  I do agree, however, that your wedding would not be the best place for her to meet her entire family she doesn't know.

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• csousa1 member

  

  January 2012 edited January 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_handle-this?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:d100e759-9ee4-4a9c-b0b8-989eb9b5fa1fPost:fd455805-4dc7-4069-aa99-1666fe7b8258">Re: How to handle this...</a>:
  [QUOTE]Sousa, honestly, I don't know.  They're weird.  They don't include me or my (half) brother in anything & never really have.  My dad has 4 sisters, 2 of them have children & they're all "part of the family" while it's like my brother & I are outsiders.  It's pretty much has always been that way.  When I suggested we have some sort of family G2G so everyone can meet Danielle they were completely 100% against it.  We got along pretty well, yea.  The first time was at a fundraiser thing (which was totally weird, her son's dad died in a car accident & they had a fundraiser for her son's college fund a couple months later, he was like 2 at the time) & we barely got to talk because she was playing host.  The second time was tailgating at an Eagles game which was a bit more 1 on 1.  We're friends on FB.  
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  That's really sad. I feel badly for Danielle. I mostly asked those questions to get a feel for whether or not she is just an unlikeable person or if your dad and his family kind of have their heads up their asses. Sounds to me more like the latter (especially since they do it to you and your brother as well), and that must suck for you to be in the middle of it. Between this and how your dad has treated you in the past, he sounds like a real peach.
  
  I totally agree with you that it might not be the time and place for them to meet, and it should not be on you to make that happen. I would definitely let her know what is going on, though, since she probably already feels pretty slighted by all of them. Full disclosure, though - I may be biased, as someone who really wants to meet possible half-siblings and fears not being wanted or liked by them.

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• doubleSS07 member

  

  January 2012

  I agree with PP's that your wedding wouldn't be the best time for everyone to meet seeings how no one seems to WANT to anyway.  I feel bad for Danielle too.  It must be terribly hurtful to know that people you are related to want nothing to do with you, especially a father.  Seems like a crappy bunch for all of you guys to be dealing with.
  
  I would probably let her know that you are getting married as well and that it's not the appropriate time for everyone to be meeting but like a PP said maybe you can get together and do something to celebrate independently.  If it were me I'd want to know her regardless of what the rest of the family does, especially if she seems nice enough.  I think that you should make you own decisions about what kind of relationship you'd like to have with her.  She is your sister and you could be missing out on a great relationship.  I have a bias though in that I have a very small family that is getting smaller each year it seems and I wish I had more people I felt connected to in that way.

  
  

  
  

  

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