A man has claimed his nephew is never invited to birthday parties because of his mum's behaviour - but his son is still invited and it is creating tensions in the family.
Sharing his story anonymously, the 32-year-old man explained that has a son, who is eight, as does his 29-year-old sister, and the two boys are in the same class at school.
When their friends host birthday parties, it is only the man's son who is invited, because his sister is known for being very picky about what her son eats.
She insists that he doesn't eat fast food, and will demand an alternative for him - and it has become such a sticking point that now the young boy is no longer invited to parties.
Sharing his story on Reddit, the man said: "My sister and I both have eight year old sons. The boys are in the same school, same class.
"My son's best friend is having a birthday party and invited a lot of the class (though not all).
"My nephew was not invited but my son was.
"The reason my nephew wasn't invited is my sister has built up a bad reputation with the parents.
"She doesn't allow my nephew to eat fast food or junk foods ever and has shown up to parties with my nephew demanding alternatives be offered for him and even brought him to a couple of McDonald's birthday parties and then b*****d that he wasn't allowed to eat anything there.
"She even made demands that they provide a birthday cake that's healthy.
"She has kicked up so many fusses that in the last few months he had received no birthday invites and now, with more and more progress being made with Covid and things somewhat returning to normal, there are more bigger birthday parties happening.
"My son's best friend is the current one. It's at a food place (fast food) and my nephew wasn't invited like I mentioned. My sister found out and told me I should say my son can't go if nephew is being excluded.
"I told her that I'm not denying my son the invite because my nephew wasn't invited. That it's my son's best friend and he wants to go. She told me I am picking friends over family and encouraging my son not to be inclusive, as well as being a crappy sister.
"She's p***ed and told me I will be an a**hole if I let my son go. There has been tension since (the last two weeks) and you could say this is a make or break for our relationship."
After sharing the story online, many Reddit users rushed to the man's defence and said that he had done nothing wrong.
One person posted: "It's unfair to your son to punish him for your sister's attitude. Tell her to take a seat."
While another said: "I just feel bad for the nephew, his social life suffers due to the actions of his mother and that sucks."
And a third added: "Also with the mum's logic of 'not being inclusive'- you don't have to be friends with everyone. No child is required to be friends with an entire class of other kids so that everyone feels equally included."
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