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[quote=Anonymous]If this situation did not involve a mother in law and daughter in law, would people feel the same way about how this was handled?

In the earlier example, how would people feel if your neighbors the Smiths, who had attended the Green family's party every year for many years, invited people seven months ahead of time to a party for St, Patrick's day when they were well aware that the Greens, the family that has held this party for about ten years, is still planning to have it?

Would you feel that the Smiths were for some reason trying to "steal" the party from the Greens?

Would you think the Green family would have a right to be upset that their whole guest list was invited to someone else's house for a party they had intended to give?

Would you feel that neighborhood tradition counts for something and be on the side of the Green family?

Or would you think that someone new should get to have the party?

What if the Smiths had a bigger house and nicer linens, china, and silver? Does that give them the upper hand for having the party at their house?

I'm just curious about how people feel about a situation like this when you take away the mother and daughter in law dynamic. (And something similar to the above actually happened in my neighborhood, so I have an idea about how people reacted in real life.)
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