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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the current situation:  MIL ruined a life cycle event for one of her daughters by canceling the celebration dinner that went with the event without telling the daughter first.  Who was the first person she told after canceling the dinner?  Me.  I tell my DH who gets in touch with siblings about what the new plan is.  SIL is shocked that Mil did this without running it past anyone first.  SIL and siblings (including my DH) have it out with MIL.  MIL then tells everyone that it was my fault -- that I misunderstood her when she called to tell me that she had canceled the dinner.  Everyone knows that this isn't true but now she wants to "talk to me" to resolve our issues.  We will all be together this weekend for the holiday.  As much as all of the siblings would like to avoid her, we are all still getting together out of respect for our children continuing to have a relationship with the grandparents.  MIL will at some point (likely when I'm leaving the bathroom or my DH is in it) corner me and tell me she "wants to talk."  I would like a total shutdown comeback for this situation.

Have at it.[/quote]

I still don't get why you can't just let her say what she wants to say and then just say sorry for any misunderstanding, but you thought she canceled the dinner and you simply were relaying the conversation to your DH.  If everyone else knows what happened and knows the truth, then why do you care?  If it's going to be over in 5 min and will make her feel better and then you can all be without this tension, then again, I say just humor her and then go on your merry way.

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