We are expecting a baby boy due on 9/13 (assuming all goes smoothly) and have planned his bris for when we get back from TN after the legal stuff is all taken care of. BIL informs us the other day he doesn't think he can attend, because he doesn't want to reschedule a SINGLE shift (with three months' advance notice) at work to be here. DH and I are terribly upset about this because we want our family to be present. My entire family is coming and they're not even Jewish (I'm a Jew by choice)!
And by the way, we attended their son's bris on the usual 8 days' notice, paying for last-minute expensive airfare and having to travel in the middle of the week and take at least two days off work.
Would you be upset? They know how long we've been trying to have a baby, but my b!tch of a SIL told me that didn't make my baby any more special than any other baby.
We just think family should be present at special events, especially Jewish family.
Thanks for the rant,
Melissa =)