A wife who accused her husband of allowing his daughter’s birthday to overshadow Christmas was branded ‘unfair’ by her partner.

The woman shared her story on Reddit and said that her husband James had a daughter named Ella from a previous marriage.

Because Ella’s birthday falls only two days before Christmas, her husband pours all his energy into making it extra special.

“Her birthday always took priority. This became an issue when Ava was born,” the wife wrote.

“James had always promised Ella he would take her to Europe for her 16th birthday, and Ella was insistent it had to be on her actual birthday, so the Christmas when Ava was two he actually missed Christmas and we had the first fight of our entire marriage.

“He also told Ella crazy things like if a man doesn’t make a big deal out of her birthday to dump his a**, and that her birthday is much more important than Christmas.

“As a result, Ava complains every year that James cares more about Ella’s birthday than about Christmas and that she thinks Ella gets an unfair amount of money spent on her.”

The mother continued: “I finally got annoyed and asked if he thinks he spends a fair amount of money, time, and energy on Ella vs Ava, and I said he makes every Christmas about Ella and her birthday.

“He said I was being unfair because Ella has never excluded me from her plans, though she is rude and doesn’t talk to me either.

“Finally I snapped at him that he is a bad father because one of his kids is a grown woman and one is not.”

After posting her story online, she received comments from other parents who think that she was in the wrong for making complaints.

“Trying to force your husband to ignore or downplay his daughter’s birthday because it’s two days before Christmas and you seem to want him to entirely focus on his daughter with you isn’t a good look. It really doesn’t seem like he’s neglecting Ava here from what you’ve written,” one person commented.

“I’m seeing a lot here that actually supports your husband’s side. You really just don’t like Ella, and you resent the energy that he puts into celebrating her birthday. I’m not seeing where it necessarily has to take away from Ava. Does he also make a big deal for Ava’s birthday?” another wrote.

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