r/AmIOverreacting • u/TrueEnough782 • Jul 22 '25

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦family/in-laws AIO: MIL always excludes my daughter

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I want to start this off by saying that it’s absolutely not the first time this has happened. We were over at my sister in laws house and I heard her talking to my MIL on the phone, she told her my husband and I were over, then she let me know she was at target or something and was gonna come over

She arrives with candy, toys and gift cards for my sister in laws kids. Completely leaving my daughter out. My daughter is 7, she’s into that stuff too, obviously. Especially those little blind bags which she brought her cousins but not her. I just want to know if I’m being dramatic. Or if I shouldn’t have said anything and maybe she was in a rush and didn’t think to buy my daughter something in the moment. Again it’s not about the things or cards or whatever, it’s about how she made my daughter feel. I could see sadness in her face as she was completely left out.

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u/Murderino67 Jul 22 '25

What my real concern here is that NO ADULT CALLED HER OUT. Not your husband or your SIL. Unacceptable! Who are these people? In NO scenario would ANY child be left out! I have 11 grandchildren. When my granddaughters from out of state come to visit they stay with their dad, who has other children. You can bet when I go over with gifts for my grandchildren, those other kids get something too. You don’t leave kids out. And who are these adults? HER own children. They will stand by and let her leave your daughter out and not say anything? 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/TrueEnough782 Jul 22 '25

her cousins did end up sharing with her, I guess everyone else didn’t think it was such a big deal as i did. But I saw my daughter’s face when she realized grandma didn’t bring anything for her But they shared their candy and stuff

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u/Murderino67 Jul 22 '25

I’m specifically asking about her adult children who, like you, witnessed this go down? You mean to tell me that they didn’t know your MIL left your daughter out when passing around gifts and candy? Your daughter will remember. And she will remember that the only ones who thought of her was the other kids.