Quote Originally Posted by Juds View Post
I think that this hurts us because we care about other people and just want to be part of stuff. That has never happened to me at work or socially, but it happens all the time in my immediate family. Not only was I not invited to my spouse's retirement party, when a clueless person asked if I was going, my husband chimed in with a huge 'of course!', then later gave me the wrong address (smack in the middle of nowhere) so that he could be sure that I would not be there. I tried to not take it too personally because it is only the millionth time that it happened, but it did sting a bit.
Your own husband gave you the wrong address for his retirement party? I'm not sure there are words to describe how that would make me feel.