‘Husband said he couldn’t go to my sister’s birthday – then I awkwardly bumped into him’

Both parties were surprised to find each other at the same restaurant – but the hubby was less than impressed to be dragged away from an important meeting for an 18th birthday party

A man has received backlash from his wife after not joining her sister’s 18th birthday celebrations while he had a client dinner in the same restaurant. The wife took to Reddit to explain that her husband had said he could not attend the birthday celebrations as he was meeting clients for dinner – but the pair were shocked to find each other at exactly the same place.

In the post, the woman, who remained anonymous, explained: “My husband didn’t come because he said he had a meeting dinner with some clients.

“This made my family feel let down especially my sister who wanted him there and also her 18th birthday was a big deal to her obviously.”

The wife went onto explain that when they showed up to the spot for the birthday, they were surprised to find the husband sitting at a table with his clients.

She stated: “I waved for him and he saw me but ignored me. He obviously was as much as surprised as I was.

“My parents asked why he didn’t even come to the table to acknowledge them after the cake arrived. I got up and walked up to his table.

“I stood there and said excuse me, my husband was silent when I asked (after I introduced myself to the clients) if he’d take few minutes to join me and the family in candle blowing and say happy birthday but he barely let out a phrase and said I don’t think so, I’m busy right now.”

The wife attempted to tell him it would just take a few minutes but the husband was not sure about leaving his meeting but ended up joining his wife to watch the sister blow out the candles.

The woman wrote: “My parents insisted he takes a piece and join us in the selfie but he got up and walked back to his table looking angry. We haven’t talked til we met later at home.

“He was upset and starred scolding me in front of my parents saying I embarrassed him and made him look unprofessional and ruined his business meeting.”

In response, many have been quick to support the husband with one writing: “Congratulations to your sister but work meetings trumps sister-in-law’s birthday. If you wanted him there then you should have moved the date of the celebration.”

While another wrote: “Now the clients will think he had them come to the same restaurant and had arranged to interrupt the meeting. Very unprofessional.”

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