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[quote=Anonymous]Tell your mom you will be opening your presents when the guests have gone or when they're not there, and don't negotiate.

I sympathize.  For a number of years we'd go to my parents for Christmas and there would be tons of gifts for me and my siblings from my parents but nothing for my DH or my siblings' spouses.  My mother (the gift buyer) just didn't feel this was necessary to do. At one point she even said something like, as long as I take care of my children I figure their spouses aren't going to mind. DH actually didn't mind (he's a relaxed kind of guy when it comes to such things) but I started bringing a few gifts for DH so that he had something to open up.   My own MIL is so generous to me that I felt embarrassed my parents didn't keep their SIL in mind.

Now we focus mostly on giving to the grandchildren, which is what I prefer, but my mom also has started grudgingly buying one gift each for her kid's spouses.  This was only after a year when she asked me what I wanted and I gave her a small list that included one thing that I then handed to DH and said, here this if for you.[/quote]

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