This was on a friend's status line: "People said don't make someone your priority, when they only make you an option." Sigh... I have plenty of experience being an "option."
My husband and I open our house for Christmas luncheon every other year. One year we host, another year we accept invitation. We don't have a regular people attending our luncheon. When the answer to an invite, either acceptance or refusal, was delayed, I know that we are just an option. People who take their sweet time to give "yes, we can come" or "no, we can't come" usually want to wait around for a better option. You are called "cadangan" in Indonesian. Essentially, they are saying, they don't have prior engagement, but they are hoping to get a better invitation and keep their option open. They will accept your invitation if the better option did not turn up.
It is saddest whe family treat each other in this manner. Family should give priority to one another even when it is not convenient to do so.
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