MIL is bitching about the way I host holidays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL is angry that you, a modern woman, has bought yourself out of the drudgery that is cooking all meals, which she had to do and was looking forward to seeing younger women in her family forced to do. You flipped the script and she doesn't like progress. Lots of women are like this--"I suffered in the name of tradition and so should you!"

Do you honestly think modern women and men don’t like to cook and host? Many of us do! Hosting is fun. Forcing people to do it when they don’t want to isn’t nice, but it’s also not nice to act like cooking and hosting a lovely holiday is 1950s patriarchy drudgery that modern women must eschew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she gripes about your catered food, imagine what she'll say if you actually cooked! Then her complaints/insults will sting much more. Ignore ignore ignore!

This totally. Agree with your mom.

[Anonymous]

Stop inviting her. Alternatively, tell her to meet your family at Applebee’s for Easter next year and watch her stew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your MIL is angry that you, a modern woman, has bought yourself out of the drudgery that is cooking all meals, which she had to do and was looking forward to seeing younger women in her family forced to do. You flipped the script and she doesn't like progress. Lots of women are like this--"I suffered in the name of tradition and so should you!"

I brought myself out of the depths and now buy doughy, stale cinnamon rolls.

I dunno. I'm suspicious about how all this has gone down:

[Anonymous]

Isn’t this what MILs do?