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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL I love you all are refusing to believe that a MAN could have a preference on hosting a holiday.

My husband doesn't like my mom's turkey.  Since he entered the family he's been lobbying for us (as in me and him) to host.  We've done it once (DH cooked the turkey, I did sides), and my sister has done it twice since then - turns out none of liked my mom's thanksgiving parties.

OP has said over and over that her husband was part of this plan from the beginning. Why do you find that so hard to believe?[/quote]

People just like the trope of the evil DIL who is trying to shut the MIL out of her life. [/quote]

Honestly, I really don't.  I have a problematic MIL and step-mother. I have loads of crazy relatives.  I have relatives I've had to cut off.  Something about OP gives me a spidey-sense that she's the problematic one in this scenario.  Maybe I'm just prejudiced about people who put opportunity to show off their "fine china" over family traditions ... [/quote]

Hello? Maybe other members of the family want to make holiday memories and traditions in their homes! Yeah, and maybe they do want to show off their cooking skills and their china. So what? Why is it OK for MIL to want and get all those things, but not others?[/quote]

Again, OP hosts IN HER OWN HOME already.  This is about OP "getting" this particular holiday, with her Inlaws.  Not about hosting in general.  [/quote]

OP here. How does me hosting my family sometimes equal my kids having a sleepover in our basement with their DH-side cousins? How does it equal “spa” time in my home with my SIL, who loves the jacuzzi at my house? How does it equal basketball games in our driveway with BIL? [/quote]

You do know you can get all those things by inviting your BIL's family to your home for any weekend any time you want, right? Apart from whether or not you also host at holidays.[/quote]

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