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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I love the support, thank you.  I really needed it.  I swear, I am counting the days until next summer's hell.

PP, they are definitely cliquey - I never thought of it that way.  Its their way or its their way.  Period.  They have always been that way.  You should have seen them at the wedding and any other life event - wow!  The good news is, after their emotional tantrums (another accurate great phrase by the way, PP!), I knew what to expect, so they ruined anything else for themselves.  If anyone shows you their true colors - believe them!

They would never go with a long weekend idea.  But I guess that would be their problem.  The issue I am trying to get around, is that MIL checks with SILs for their desirable vacation date, based around their other (!!!) vacations, and contrived excuses.  So we get no say, because that is how MIL wants it.  The place and date change every year, but are approximately the same.

For us, it is extremely difficult; because, as parents of young children know, if you want to book camp, you need to do so in December and pay ahead of time.  Not that MIL would care about any of this, as it does not have to do with SILs.  DCs love/prefer a certain camp, and will only go with their buddies, so this is a priority, as those who face similar scheduling challenges are familiar.

SILs children are grown, and more often than not refuse to stay the whole week, even after SILs dates have been requested.  So the grown children are much less of a consideration, given their age, etc.  One would think this is clear, especially after a few years of it.

SILs children became REALLY, REALLY angry at the suggestion of our children (corresponding genders) sharing a room with them; as MIL insists on putting our children together, in spite of the fact that they are DEFINITELY, and very obviously, too old to have mixed gender rooms.

Gosh, the more I talk about this, the more it comes to light how awful and inconsiderate MIL really is.  She doesn't even consider us.  It is as if she wants to brag when we don't show up!  Certainly it must be me :)

It helps to talk about this, thank you.  I just don't want to give in again and sacrifice my only vacation time with my nuclear family.  If MIL knew what a sacrifice it was, she would LOVE it.

I think she feels someone, somewhere REALLY REALLY wronged her.  Well before I came along.

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