‘It’s Just A Meeting, My Son Said When I Didn’t Receive An Invitation To His Big Engagement Party. So I Transferred Back The $25k From The Honeymoon Fund And Updated The Flights I Had Arranged For Them.

I checked my mailbox every day for three weeks, each time with a flutter of anticipation, only to find bills, advertisements, and the occasional card from clients thanking me for planning their perfect events. But never the cream-colored envelope with gold embossing that I knew the Pearsons would select for their son’s engagement celebration. “They’re probably just finalizing the guest list,” I told myself the first week.

Perhaps there was a delay at the printers, I reasoned during the second. By the third week, I had run out of excuses. The engagement party for my only son—my James—was happening in two days, and I still hadn’t received an invitation.

I stared at my phone for 20 minutes before finally calling him. Three rings. Then four.

Just as I was about to hang up, his voice came through, slightly distracted. “Hey, Mom, can I call you back? I’m in the middle of something.”

“Of course,” I said automatically.

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