The situation was shared in a Facebook Community called ‘Spotted: Brierley Hill and local’ where people share funny or debatable stories and get them posted for input from others in the group. The post doesn’t identify the mother who shared, nor does it give any additional information on the family, but a picture is worth a thousand words. In the photo, there are six children sitting in front of a Christmas Tree. An additional child is standing to the left but is partially out of frame. Five of the six kids sitting on the floor have on matching onesies with Christmas-related images all over them. The standing child appears to have the same pajama set as his or her siblings. RELATED: Woman Wonders If She’s Wrong For Asking Stepdaughter To Wake Up Early To Make Breakfast For Her Kids
A grandmother bought matching PJs for everyone except her stepgrandchild.
On the far right in the photo, there is one child who happens to be the only one not coordinated with the other kids in the picture. The children’s identities are hidden, but the out-of-place child seems to be a girl with a puffy ponytail atop her head. Her features can’t be seen, but something about her body language looks off. The picture is captioned, “Some people out there with no heart!” along with a title of the email the group received: “A friend of mine is married. Mother-in-law bought matching PJs for all kids EXCEPT the one that doesn’t belong to her son. Is she wrong?” RELATED: Woman Reveals Holiday Card From ‘Toxic’ Mother-In-Law Listing All Their Bills That She Paid For This Year As expected, readers were taken aback by the fact that any grandmother, biological or not, would purposefully exclude any child in this way. One commenter shared her own negative experiences with her mother-in-law. She posted, “My mother-in-law treats my kids differently from her other grandchildren and they are her sons’ kids.” She continues, “So when that started. I stopped letting them go to her house. She hasn’t acknowledged them since, but you know what? Their lives have been richer for not having a spiteful, petty person like her in their life and they don’t miss her one bit.” RELATED: Mom Cuts Off Daughter’s Hair During Livestream To Teach Her ‘Being Educated’ Is More Important Than ‘Being Cute’
Some Facebookers were quick to blame the parents for allowing such nonsense.
One person posted, “To be absolutely honest the parents are wrong for even letting the other kids wear them, I’d have handed them back and told her they all get, or none get it’s that simple. No one should ever let anyone treat their kids like that.” Another reader suggested being passive-aggressive with the mother-in-law. She interjected, “I would ask the mother-in-law where she brought them from and nicely tell her because my husband’s stepdaughter/son would like one too, maybe she would get the message then.” Most felt sympathy for the little girl and the way she was treated. One woman responded to the situation, saying, “That’s so heartbreaking. Poor thing. Totally made that child aware of her feelings and not part of the family! Cruel woman! And you can show her my comment, too!” The consensus is that the mother and her partner had a duty to stand up for their child and let the grandmother know that her behavior is unacceptable. You can’t control what other people do but you can control how you react. RELATED: Stepmom Asks If She’s Wrong For Making Stepchildren Pay For Their Own Hobbies Using Their Allowance NyRee Ausler is a writer from Seattle, Washington, and author of seven books. She covers lifestyle and entertainment and news, as well as navigating the workplace and social issues.
