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Katie
Devoted March 2019

Am i overthinking a gift for "estranged" sister?

Katie, on November 25, 2019 at 1:46 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 4

My husband and I got married this past March (yay!). Now that the holiday's are approaching, we have worked really hard to create individualized photo albums for each member of the wedding party and our parents....

Background: My husband has one brother and both him and his wife were in the wedding. My sister and I had a major fallout several months prior to the wedding that ended in her feeling she could not "support my marriage" based on differences in fundamental beliefs, and overall she decided not to be part of the wedding party but did attend with her boyfriend. Since the wedding we have had several brief small-talk type conversations and are in a family group chat where everyone responds and she seems to want to move on from the previous issues.

....I bought a really nice picture frame, as well as a picture of my husband + me and my sister + bf from the wedding that I had planned to gift them for Christmas, but am now second guessing my decision and am wondering if it will seem odd that I am assuming she will hang this picture in her home? Am I overthinking?

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Latest activity by Katie, on November 25, 2019 at 5:04 PM
  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    I think it's nice to gift the picture. She doesn't have to hang it, but you at least made an effort.

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  • Mcskipper
    Master July 2018
    Mcskipper ·
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    Overthinking. It’s just a gift, she can do with it whatever she wants— I wouldn’t worry about where it ends up. Either she hangs it or she doesn’t, it’s still a nice gift.
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  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
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    I agree that you're overthinking. She can't say you didn't try!

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  • Katie
    Super November 2019
    Katie ·
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    A similar situation happened with my sister and I when she got married and I felt replaced by her stepsister, so when I was gifted a sign about how "sisters are forever" I put in in a drawer until I was at a point in our relationship that I could look at the sign and agree with it. It was probably petty on my part but just like me, in time she will come around. I say gift the photo and let her do with it as she wishes.
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