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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I enjoy cooking and hosting. We have a rotation with my side of the family when it comes to holidays (as in, when it is a year that DH and I celebrate Christmas with my family, sometimes it’s at my house, sometimes my sister’s house, sometimes my parents, and even my brother has taken us all out to dinner because he doesn’t like cooking.) DH and I also love having friends over for dinner parties, BBQs, etc.

We have never, not once, hosted a holiday or family gathering for his side of the family. MIL wants to have it her way, and SIL is content not to have to host, because she doesn’t like cooking; SIL is also childfree, which is relevant later.

DH and I know to leave Christmas and Thanksgiving alone (even though it’s a schlep for us to come to them on holidays with the kids), but we asked during Thanksgiving if we could host Easter. Everyone said yes and seemed to think this was a “lovely idea,” MIL’s words.

Well, now that it’s almost time, she apparently has changed her mind and doesn’t want to give up hosting. DH says too bad, we’re not planning on traveling, we’re finally going to do a holiday at our house. Neither of them is budging. SIL is content to go to either place and doesn’t want to get involved (which I totally understand). At this point, I think DH is going to put his foot down because he is so annoyed that MIL initially said yes to the perfectly reasonable request that we host for once. The drive is about two hours for any party involved to go to any party’s house, and DH and I are the only ones traveling with kids and dealing with all that comes with it.

Do I just stay completely out of it? [/quote]

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