Marty's Attention Whoring Thread! - Should I feel snubbed?

[Martinus]

We haven't had an attention whoring thread from me for a while now, so here goes.

This year our firm decided to get a table at one of the upscale business balls here in Warsaw and my boss decided originally that, as far as lawyers from the firm are concerned, she (partnered but not married), another partner (single), myself and a female colleague of mine (married) are going (without a spouse/partner) and we are inviting clients for the remaining seats (there are 12 seats at the table).

At the end of the day it turns out however that both she and the female colleague are taking their boyfriend/husband, respectively, to the ball.

She knows that I am gay and that I am in a relationship of 3 years now but she did not ask if I would like to bring my boyfriend along too.

Should I feel snubbed?

[Maladict]

I guess you should, what with the inferiority complex and all.

[CountDeMoney]

Be glad you don't have to bring a date;  should be easier to try to lay a client that way.

[HVC]

What about the other colleague? She isn't bring her spouse either?

Anyway, it's a client dinner. They might not care about your sexuality, but they might. Why test it?  If it was a company dinner you might have cause to be annoyed.

[Grey Fox]

Stop being Gay in a none-friendly to gays country.

[Martinus]

What about the other colleague? She isn't bring her spouse either?

Uhm she does. It says so in my second paragraph. 

[PDH]

business balls

[mongers]

We haven't had an attention whoring thread from me for a while now, so here goes.

This year our firm decided to get a table at one of the upscale business balls here in Warsaw and my boss decided originally that, as far as lawyers from the firm are concerned, she (partnered but not married), another partner (single), myself and a female colleague of mine (married) are going (without a spouse/partner) and we are inviting clients for the remaining seats (there are 12 seats at the table).

At the end of the day it turns out however that both she and the female colleague are taking their boyfriend/husband, respectively, to the ball.

She knows that I am gay and that I am in a relationship of 3 years now but she did not ask if I would like to bring my boyfriend along too.

Should I feel snubbed?

Maybe they just wanted to save your boyfriend the embarrassment of being seen in public with you.   

[CountDeMoney]

Anyway, it's a client dinner. They might not care about your sexuality, but they might. Why test it?

No kidding. 

Pick some other time to be shrill about your fruity sexual politics, Marty. This isn't one of them.

[HVC]

What about the other colleague? She isn't bring her spouse either?

Uhm she does. It says so in my second paragraph. 

Sorry, I misread. I thought you were saying three female colleagues were going and only two were bringing dates.

[Barrister]

Marti, it sounds like the two partners that are being taken are living together.  You are not living with your boyfriend.

[Martinus]

Marti, it sounds like the two partners that are being taken are living together.  You are not living with your boyfriend.

She doesn't know that.

[Martinus]

Anyway, it's a client dinner. They might not care about your sexuality, but they might. Why test it?

No kidding. 

Pick some other time to be shrill about your fruity sexual politics, Marty. This isn't one of them.

I'm not being shrill. I just feel kinda bad about this and my boyfriend who says this is not a big deal but that he would have liked to go, had there been an opportunity. So it's bugging me a bit but I'm not going to make a scene.

[Barrister]

Marti, it sounds like the two partners that are being taken are living together.  You are not living with your boyfriend.

She doesn't know that.

Well, precisely.  You know if someone has a live-in partner because the person will talk about it. 

[Capetan Mihali]

I think you were probably not asked to bring your boyfriend out of fear that some client might not approve or might pay it the wrong kind of attention.  How to feel about it is up to you; it'd be much more of a snub if it were a company party, though.