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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. We got back from vacation late last night. I think we are officially done hosting anything for this side of the family. One and done. The event itself turned out fine and was relatively dog drama free but the days right before were ridiculous.

I don't always constantly check my personal email throughout the day. I started getting texts from SIL telling me to look at my email now. Hamster dog aunt sent an email to the entire group telling people to be hold on, she had spoken to Cindy (MIL) and she thinks everything is going to be OK now, dogs are welcomed! Aggressive cousin with dog that eats through her walls if left alone, quickly had responded "O thank god! Cindy you are the best! We all love you so much "' . Next dog expert dude chimes in "Well that makes sense.". I was livid. DH and I sent back a clarifying email that the event was not at Cindy's house, it was at our house and dogs were not allowed. Since X, Y and Z seem to be having such a hard time accepting this we think it is better for everyone if you do not attend." This was met with silence.

MIL who stayed with us last weekend was a royal PITA. She denied ever telling hamster aunt that we would allow dogs but did say she would talk to us. MIL loves to be fawned over. DH and I are 100% sure that she did give in to hamster aunt and now won't admit it. She ended up whining all weekend about how mortified she was that we disinvited the 3 obnoxious relatives. She argued with SIL all weekend over whether allergies were real until the event. She kept telling us that it was not too late to apologize, let the dogs come and just give the niece a few extra doses of allergy medicine. We almost kicked her out. The event was filled with relatives relieved not to be dealing with dogs and MIL just lapped up all the positive attention about not having the dogs. I overheard her to talking to one relative and telling them "Well yes it was difficult standing up to Larla but sometimes you just have to be strong for your family."For a brief second, I thought she was complimenting us. Her next sentence was about how SHE had to keep encouraging us to not to allow the dogs for the sake of the other family members. She just wished we would have been more tactful. I almost threw up on her.

A funny side story is that cat aunt (who hates hamster dog aunt) told hamster aunt that her cat was welcome. She warned hamster aunt that she was going to let her huge hamster dog eating cat roam free at our house and would not intervene this time if it attacked hamster dog. This explains why MIL was babbling on earlier in the weekend about how if you are OK having cats then dogs should be there too. It made no sense at the time but after cat aunt told us about her threat I'm guessing that hamster aunt also complained about this to MIL.

There was one relative who did show up with a dog. He was another one of these relatives with a really distant connection.  He was included in the family events years ago and never got taken off their list. He randomly shows up at events. My cousins stopped him at the door. He genuinely seemed surprised that dogs were not allowed and was apologetic. He said that he never reads invitations very closely and just jotted down the address and time.  He said he missed all the other emails. We went with the ignorance is no defense and told him he could yelp doggie daycare's in the area. He left which is 100% fine with me.

Aggressive cousin stayed home stewing with wall eating dog. No idea what dog expert dude did. (For clarity the PP was correct that I mistyped. He is not grandmother's cousin's wife husband. He is grandmother's cousin's daughter's husband.) I'm sure hamster dog aunt took her dog somewhere else inappropriate with her fake ESA I'll sue you if you deny my dog access papers.

At the end of the evening after most people had left, aggressive cousin sends out an email announcing that she is hosting Thanksgiving. She adds that this will be an inclusive event and all human and fur relatives are invited. She then added that if anyone is an animal hater then it may simply be best if they did not attend.  This will create more email drama because two other relatives always fight about which one of them is going to host Thanksgiving. Cousin has never been in the hosting competition for major events. We are going on a short vacation and have no intention of attending an extended family Thanksgiving trip this year so they can all duke it out. [/quote]

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