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A stepmom says her stepdaughter wanted her mother at her birthday dinner despite past tensions

The teen chose to skip the dinner after her mom wasn’t invited

The couple wonders if canceling the dinner entirely would make them the bad guys

A woman seeks advice from Reddit after a difficult birthday situation with her stepdaughter left the family questioning their choices.

She explains that in her household, birthdays are marked by a special tradition. “Every year in our family, we celebrate birthdays by taking the birthday person out to dinner wherever they want to go,” she writes.

This year, however, her 17-year-old stepdaughter made a request that has complicated everything. The teen wanted her mother to attend the dinner, despite the rocky history between the adults.

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