SIL does not like our potluck Christmas plans

[Anonymous]

OP, you have to come back and tell us how Christmas goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ignore her email. Write a new one and ask her to please bring paper plates and plastic silverware to complete potluck dinner and make cleanup easier.

NP. That's pretty funny!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ignore her email. Write a new one and ask her to please bring paper plates and plastic silverware to complete potluck dinner and make cleanup easier.

NP. That's pretty funny!

+1

And get some PBR with some christmas coozies to make them fancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ignore her email. Write a new one and ask her to please bring paper plates and plastic silverware to complete potluck dinner and make cleanup easier.

NP. That's pretty funny!

+1

This whole thread is pretty funny(- the bichy SIL)!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you pick up a Ham and/or turkey, and have everyone bring a side, dessert, bread or drink? As the host, I do think you should at the bare minimum provide a major meat.

If I got talked into having the event at my house, I would not feel obligated to provide that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you pick up a Ham and/or turkey, and have everyone bring a side, dessert, bread or drink? As the host, I do think you should at the bare minimum provide a major meat.

The sister *offered* to bring the main dish. She clearly paid attention during the July conversation and was on it.

[Anonymous]

Tell her "I'm sorry to hear that, I guess I'll mark you down as "unable to attend". Hope to see you in 2018.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell her "I'm sorry to hear that, I guess I'll mark you down as "unable to attend". Hope to see you in 2018.

this!!

[Anonymous]

Sounds like her brother is handling the situation. Always let your family member handle the inlaws directly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would ignore her email. Write a new one and ask her to please bring paper plates and plastic silverware to complete potluck dinner and make cleanup easier.

NP. That's pretty funny!

+1

And get some PBR with some christmas coozies to make them fancy.

OMG, I haven't thought of PBR since I was a teen. Although we would never have splurged on cozies back then. Just going to PBR was a huge step up from Old Milwaukee! Cozies would have been waaaay too luxurious for us. But I can see how they might be really nice for OP's party!

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Okay, so that is super cute!

[Anonymous]

“It sounds like too much trouble for you. Please don’t worry about it, there will be plenty off food from others. As I told your husband, I don’t want to host this year but he convinced me otherwise promising that everyone would participate and bring dishes.”

[Anonymous]

OP here,

Just a small update. Christmas ended up being a very enjoyable event. Everyone brought their dish and it was so nice to have such a variety of items. It was even suggested we do potlucks on future holidays. Most everyone gave kudos to my brother for suggesting it. All of this was said in front of SIL and the family knew nothing about the email she sent me.

SIL only said hi and bye to me which was just fine with me. My brother said she knows she was out of line and I will not be receiving anymore messages from her. He thanked me for not sharing the incident with the rest of the family. There was no drama and I could not have asked for a better holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here,

Just a small update. Christmas ended up being a very enjoyable event. Everyone brought their dish and it was so nice to have such a variety of items. It was even suggested we do potlucks on future holidays. Most everyone gave kudos to my brother for suggesting it. All of this was said in front of SIL and the family knew nothing about the email she sent me.

SIL only said hi and bye to me which was just fine with me. My brother said she knows she was out of line and I will not be receiving anymore messages from her. He thanked me for not sharing the incident with the rest of the family. There was no drama and I could not have asked for a better holiday.

Bravo OP! Thanks for the update. Although we'd all love to see SIL embarrassed to shreds, sounds like you handled the matter gracefully and were rewarded with a great Christmas.