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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother is the queen of being passive aggressive and I can't stand when my dad tries to get involved because he only hears her side of the story (he never asks me about it and I don't vent to him about her) and she always victimizes herself. Ugh.

I would consider sending the tickets with an email saying "I tried getting a hold of you before I sent this gift to confirm would be able available for the date of the event. Hope you have a wonderful time at the event. Happy Mother's Day!" Something so she can't turn it around back on me that I didn't send a gift on time or only sent it because my Dad said something, etc. 
I would really want to just not send anything after that charade and say its her own damn fault for acting like such a baby about the weekend but I would feel like that is something my mom would do and I don't want to be like her![/quote]

+1. Do your part, OP and then step away from the drama.

I hate when my FIL steps in for MIL because she's licking her passive-aggressive wounds about something.[/quote]

I'm lucky that my family isn't passive aggressive, but my in-laws are, and this is how I'd handle it. Just be cheerfully direct and ignore any passive aggression.[/quote]

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