I have grandchildren from a previous marriage and my husband has always been good to them. We now have a "joint" grandson, which is wonderful. Last weekend my daughter, her husband and baby came over from a neighbouring town and spent two hours with us which was lovely. She then went to another sister and spent time with her and then went and had lunch with my eldest daughter. About two hours later my husband wanted to go and say goodbye to a grandchild who is going away for a while on an adventure, he isn't often at home, so we went down the road (10 minutes). My daughter, husband and baby were still there! Bonus I thought. But I became aware of an "atmosphere". It's taken me a few days to get to the bottom of it and it seems that my youngest daughter wanted time with her eldest sister and the adventurous nephew without US. I really feel hurt and unwanted. It's a large house, and the girls took several trips around the garden.
I felt my ears burning.
I have had to dig it out of my youngest daughter whether our arrival was unwanted, and it was.
Am I being unreasonable to think that this was a family gathering of some significance and we should have been welcome? 
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