The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a complex one.

This woman treated her son to an expensive restaurant for his 30th birthday.

Her daughter-in-law expressed her excitement for the same treat on her birthday.

The problem is that this woman wasn’t planning on doing the same thing for her daughter-in-law.

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AITA for telling her this was just something I planned on doing for my son’s 30M birthday?

I think there’s been a bit of a miscommunication.

It’s between my daughter-in-law (30F) and I.

I just celebrated my son’s 30th birthday.

I gave him tickets to a really nice restaurant.

This woman’s daughter-in-law was expecting to be treated to the same restaurant.

Well, my DIL’s 30th is in 4 months, and she said she can’t wait to go out with me on her 30th birthday.

She was expecting a nice restaurant as well.

This was something I was only planning on doing with my son.

Her DIL expects that she treat them equally.

My DIL has a tendency to think I should always treat them exactly equal at all times.

If I buy a shirt for my son, she thinks that means she should automatically get one, too.

She is very good to my son and a very nice and sweet DIL though.

But she wanted to be honest with her that the treat was only for her son.

Just this one thing that’s a bit annoying about her.

AITA for telling her this was something I was just doing for my son’s birthday?

I could be the jerk for not treating them equally on their birthdays.

It sounds like it’s just a misunderstanding.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Here’s another point from this person.

It’s a bit odd for DIL to expect, says this person.

This person shares their honest opinion.

Finally, another mother-in-law speaks up.

Some daughters-in-law can be too entitled.

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