Sometimes certain relationships can get pretty tricky to deal with.

This mother found herself in a similar situation when she had to make a choice between her biological and step-daughter.

Find out how things got messy in this family over a birthday party.

AITA for excluding my autistic stepdaughter from my daughter’s birthday party?

My (30F) daughter’s (8F) birthday is next week and we’re planning on having a party for her and inviting around 20 other kids.

I also have a stepdaughter (7F) from my marriage to my husband (38M), and she desperately wants to come.

The kid isn’t invited to the party…

However, the thing is, she has a history of not behaving at birthday parties.

She acts younger than her age and doesn’t understand social cues. She’s been invited to three of her classmates birthday parties in the past.

She wouldn’t let the other kids have their moment.

At one of those parties, she blew out the candles, and at the other two parties, she started crying when she wasn’t able to blow out the candles.

Eventually people stopped inviting her to their parties, and she claims it makes her feel left out.

She wanted her daughter to have the best time.

I decided it would be best if my stepdaughter didn’t come.

She would either blow out the candles or have a tantrum, and either way she would ruin the day for my daughter.

The husband wasn’t very happy about it!

My husband is furious with me, saying I’m deliberately excluding her for being autistic.

He says she already feels excluded from her classmates parties, but excluding her from her own stepsister’s party would be even more cruel.

She knew she was being unjust but she couldn’t help it.

I told him it was my daughter’s special day, and I had to prioritize her feelings first.

That’s a tricky situation! It must have been maddening to deal with this birthday party!

Let’s find out if folks on Reddit agree with this mother.

This user thinks the mom’s concern is justified.

Bitter truth but truth regardless!

This person thinks this woman is being unreasonable for not including the stepdaughter.

We need some more answers!

This person has a list of questions that might make things easier.

The parents can really help the stepdaughter in understanding how birthdays work.

Maybe that would get things sorted!

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