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Well, I don't disbelieve you that they are badly behaved, but I also don't see how you thought you could not invite them without causing a major issue. Why not just make them the food they will eat? It seems like you are really obsessing about their behavior, which while it sounds obnoxious, should not be affecting you this profoundly.

Because that would be placing the burden on Op to keep these kids pacified and reasonably well behaved at this party - what if she makes them the "wrong" chicken nugget and they flip out and throw their food on the floor? What if (God forbid) an ipad gets dropped and broken. BIL and SIL need to be the ones who are responsible for these kids and making sure that they are not being disruptive. Why would they expect Op to have a clue as to how to handle them? [/quote]

Yeah, you can die on that hill if you want, but I'd rather make the effort to give them the food they want so that my family could have the party and my BIL and SIL would come.  OP seems pretty familiar with what the kids will eat.  If they act up she can insist that BIL and SIL take them out.  Too much drama about these kids.  But honestly, if it is that big a deal to OP and her dad, then they did what they had to do, and they'll have to live with the inevitable blowback from BIL and SIL.[/quote]

I think the picky eating is the least of the problems here. It is inevitable that these children will be rude and disruptive and then when the SIL is asked to remove them she will throw a hissy and be rude and disruptive. Rotten apples didn't fall far from the tree.[/quote]

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