So during my 30th birthday, I was planning my birthday party for a while.
I was inviting my family and friends and had a table booked at a restaurant with Asian cuisine. When discussing the birthday reservation I have mentioned i would like to keep it adults only.
Simply so we don’t have to watch our language and my friends and family kids are all younger than 8, so spicy/Asian food will not be suitable and they will get bored. The place also doesn’t have kids menu.
This all went well and since the booking was for the noon on a weekend my friends didn’t have a problem to leave the kids with their partners.
However my sister demanded to know why I don’t want her kids at my birthday and refused to accept that it’s my birthday and the food is not suitable for kids.
I got annoyed and told her I would of considered to have her kids(5 and 8) around if she actually educated them instead of being on her phone, since her youngest doesn’t have any manners and throws tantrums whenever the kid doesn’t like/get something.
By tantrums I mean screaming and crying for hours and up to throwing food or running at other guests or members of staff in public, while she keeps being on her phone.
My sister and part of my family scolded me and she said she won’t come to my birthday or talk to me until I realise what I said was wrong.
My friends believe she is overeacting and are on my side, since a lot of them have younger kids and they behave a lot better.