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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you're modeling to your children that family isn't important. You don't care about your relationship with your in-laws, but don't complain 30 years from now when your sons and daughters-in-law aren't making any effort for you.

I think the 24 hour notice is BS. [b]It was her birthday, that's a lifetime of notice.[/b] If you needed the specifics earlier you should have asked for them. But you knew ever since you've known your husband when the birthday is and still couldn't make the slightest inconvenience to your own life.

To answer your question, yes I think you were wrong. [/quote]

I don't really agree. My dad's birthday was on the same day, a Friday. We celebrated over the weekend which was much more convenient for our family (he's retired). If people are important to you, you plan around them in both directions. We had a really lovely time.

Basically, even if OP knew this was MIL birthday,[b] is not obvious the celebration would be on that date.[/quote][/b]

Which is why you ASK! Do some families not do this? Whenever someone’s birthday is coming up, we ask them what they want to do and make the plans.[/quote]

This is FILs responsibility, not OPs[/quote]

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