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[quote=Anonymous]This is how DH family is and how my family is. It's painful to open gifts with his family and it is so so so slow! I am always grateful and appreciative of the gifts so its not that but its the going around the room one at a time while we all watch one person open one gift and then the next person open another gift. Ugh. My MIL is very controlling in every way and even in gift opening. She determines who is opening what and when. For my DD's 1st birthday this year she opened all the gifts, even if they were not from her.

My family always had more of the free for all approach and it was fun and chaotic. Even though it was a free for all, if we were opening a gift from a specific person we might shout across the room that we were about to open that gift from them or after we opened it we would acknowledge them directly.

I wouldn't have a big discussion with her beforehand. If she keeps mentioning that she wants to be master of ceremonies I would just casually mention that we don't need a master of ceremonies and change the subject. Let the kids go crazy with gift opening and maybe have the adults go a little slower? Whatever you do don't let her be master of ceremonies that is just weird/dumb/controlling/insane.[/quote]

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