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Responding to 50th birthday invitation
My wife and I were invited to a 50th birthday party for the partner of my daughters mother in law. My daughter is getting divorced from her son very soon. The party is at the mother in laws house. Our daughter was not invited. We have no ill will against the hosts- our granddaughter will be there and we'd love to see her. Is it proper to attend under these circumstances?
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I think the proper thing under the circumstances is to make all family type events as normal and drama free for your granddaughter as possible.
I think if this is something you want to do then by all means attend the party. Especially if it would be the normal thing for you to do. I agree it would be a good idea to let your daughter know that you will be attending.
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Talk to your daughter. Not to ask her permission, but to at least hear out her feelings on the matter. She might be just fine with it, or you might have to decide if it's worth her discomfort to attend. At very least, you wouldn't want to surprise her when she hears about it.
If you don't go, do send at least a card and call later to wish them well, so they know there is no ill will.
In my opinion though, you shouldn't make the decision on whether to attend or not without at least hearing how out how your daughter would feel about you going.
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