A mum claims she has been left scratching her head after her father-in-law chose to decline an invitation to her youngest child's christening, stating, "he doesn’t want to be there" without any further explanation. He attended the christening of her oldest child, and she just can't understand what the reason could possibly be.
Her mother-in-law will now be attending the small family gathering alone, the first they've held since the arrival of their newborn daughter, and it doesn't appear that he has any prior plans elsewhere. She also doesn't think he's an atheist and, given that he's attended such celebrations before, it doesn't seem that he's against partaking in religious ceremonies.
Having previously believed she got on well enough with her in-laws, with their relationship being "pretty neutral", the puzzled mum now fears she might have done something to offend him.
