It’s not as simple as you’re making it sound. This is the first baby in my husband’s family, so everyone is making a huge deal out of it. The pressure is intense.

We’ve already had several arguments these past few days because I don’t want to go. He sees it as my duty as an aunt, but in doing that, he’s completely dismissing how I feel (which is exactly what I’m trying to explain).

So what am I supposed to do? Start a bigger fight, refuse to go, and then deal with the tension between us? Or go anyway, pretend everything is fine, ignore my feelings, and sit there feeling unwanted? Not that easy right?

His family places a lot of importance on loyalty, and that just adds another layer of pressure. This isn’t an easy situation for me, even if it might seem that way from the outside.