children in matching christmas themed pajamas
Mayukh Saha
Mayukh Saha
December 13, 2023 ·  3 min read

Mother-in-Law Slammed for Buying Grandkids Matching Christmas Pajamas Except One

For most of us who have grown up with loving grandparents, Christmas pajamas are a fond childhood memory. However, a grandmother has left the internet enraged after giving that very same gift. Of course, there is a catch behind her gift: she gave it to all of her grandchildren except one. That child was her son’s step-kid[1].

A post on Facebook showed a picture of the mother-in-law with her 6 grandchildren. In the picture, five of the grandchildren are wearing their new Christmas pajamas, all matching. The sixth’s pajamas, however, were obviously out-of-place with the rest. The child’s position in the picture also seemed to highlight the child’s exclusion.

The excluded child was from her daughter-in-law’s previous marriage. Apparently, to the grandmother, this meant that the child wasn’t one of her grandchildren. But why go the extra measure to take a photo that clearly showed the child she did not belong to the family?

A Lack Of Heart In The Christmas Pajamas?

The original caption for the post read explained that the incident happened to a friend of the poster. The poster clarified the situation and asked the internet whether the grandma’s unequal Christmas pajamas gift was wrong.

Here’s the post:

Image credit: Spotted: Brierley Hill and local | Facebook

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However, the comments were seemingly unanimous in bashing the grandmother for her actions[2]. Most of the top liked comments were appalled at the incident:

How could you treat a child different to any other child, cruel and totally unacceptable. For me it’s all or none

Some others added that the child was being ostracized for no fault of their own:

Absolutely! Blood doesn’t make a family! I am a step child myself, my son is also a step child and I have a step daughter. Family don’t have to share DNA just love! You have every right to be angry

A child is a child regardless if that child is yours or not they should all be treated the same! What a shame for that child to have a family like that! How petty!

Other comments went on to say that the grandmother could have just asked for money from the parents, for the 6th set:

This is horrible to the core!

Even of she didn’t want to buy them, she could of offered to order them if they paid!

And tbh, my own personal opinion is, if those were my children, none of them would be wearing them. What kind of a message is this sending to the child and other children?

So sad.

But the Grandmother Wasn’t The Only One At Fault

The internet also blamed the parents for letting the kids wear the cruel Christmas presents. A lot of comments were curious as to why the mother allowed this to even happen:

Absolutely bang out of order. But so is the mom for putting the other kids in them, I would have tried to get a matching pair so they all had one, or I would not have put my other kids in them. How that poor child must feel

Additionally, some other commenters said that this actually does happen all the time:

Totally wrong. I wouldn’t have let the kids wear them or take photos. But it happens all the time. One of my neighbours married a women with two kids, she couldn’t have anymore and his parents refused to accept her or the kids. My neighbour raised them kids as his own, their kids call him granddad and they all love each other so much. His parents refuse to be apart of it. It’s sad for them because they have missed out on so much.

We must say that this is quite a sad incident, to say the least. Let us know what you think of the matter in the comments below!

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Sources:

  1. “Mother-in-law blasted for buying all her grandkids matching Christmas PJs… EXCEPT her son’s step-child” The Sun. Dec 13, 2021.
  2. “Mother-in-law is branded ‘cruel’ and ‘pure evil’ after she bought ALL of her grandkids matching Christmas pyjamas – EXCEPT her son’s stepchild” The Daily Mail. Dec 13, 2021 .