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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I supposed to be inviting my out of state in laws to my kids birthday parties?  I've never considered that.  Why am I going to pay for 2 grandparents to come to SkyZoe from out of state.  I wouldn't even have time to chat with them I'd be busy making polite small talk with the parents who didn't drop off, and arranging cake and pizza etc and making sure no one has a broken femur on the trampoline. I'm not interested in hosting a kids birthday party AND hosting my in laws at the same time. [/quote]

Yeah, we get it. You don’t give a shit about your family. It’s all good.[/quote]

Do you people who always invite grandparents to 7 year olds’ birthday parties never see them the rest of the year or something? We see my in-laws for every holiday and my parents for most of them as well. (Parents are much further away.) We see the in-laws for the kids’ birthdays separate from the parties - they come for dinner and cake. We see them for every adult birthday and Mother’s Day, Father’s Day etc. We vacation one week each summer with the in-laws and one week with my parents. We additionally see them all at least every couple of months just to get together. Also there is a magical thing called the phone.

I think they can all handle not coming to jump parties and birthday parties. [/quote]

The issue is whether it is a family party or a friend party.  In OP's case, she made it a family party by inviting her family.  [/quote]

It is not a wedding.  Inviting one family member doesn't mean you automatically must invite all of them. [/quote]

OK - and then you get to deal with people being rightfully upset at the slight.  And the drama is not being created by MIL.  [/quote]

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