Being invited to family events

[eastern11]

Re: Being invited to family events

I go to such events. My take is that if they thought it would be an intrusion they wouldn’t invite me. I think the nay Sayers are jealous.

@Sara516

Something I’ve noticed recently…some people frown down upon being invited to someone else’s family events, not for major things like a wedding or something but little get togethers/casual meetups etc. They’ll say “its a family gathering, you have no business there” (even though they’ve been invited)…

Is it a cultural thing? I have no clue. FWIW, I never really went out or had any parties growing up, now as an adult I’m friendly/on good terms with most of my friends siblings/relatives?..on the other side, while some of my friends know about my cousins (small world), they don’t know them personally although it’s not intentional…

(only cz, like, everyone seems to be in a consensus about sleepovers and I’ve never gotten it…so I was wondering if this is the same thing, that everyone seems to know/agree on and it’s just something I’m missing?)