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[quote=Anonymous]FIL passes away last year. He and MIL were avid world travelers and have always taken 2 international trips and multiple domestic trips for the last 15 years of their lives.

She has been feeling depressed lately so husband and I booked a family vacation to intl destination and invited her to join. We pulled out all of the stops making sure to accommodate her limitations (food, energy level, need for luxury accommodations, etc). She spent the entire trip complaining about everything (our 2 kids and how they won’t play the card game she specifically wants to play, how she wishes we got the presidential suite instead of the executive suite, how we wake up too early, you name it).

During the trip, we mentioned that we are planning another vacation with my parents and brother’s family due to my mom’s milestone birthday this year and she flipped out. She created a scene at the restaurant we were in when she learned this. She told DH that she is extremely hurt that we would celebrate my mom’s birthday in the year before my FIL’s 1 year death anniversary. She raged at him about how lonely she is and how hurt she is. She stomped out of the restaurant, almost knocking out a plate from the waiter and refused to speak with us for the rest of the trip.

Since then, she called my mom and told her how disappointed she is with our family trip and how disrespectful it is. My parents feel really bad that it’s caused so much distress in our family and it has soured everyone’s mood.

Any thoughts on how DH and I should address?[/quote]

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