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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am smiling at how this whole this has devolved into a battle about wealth, competitive women, and private school culture.

What is SIL doesn’t like OP? What if SIL enjoys her husband’s family but genuinely wants to celebrate Christmas with her family on vacation the next few years, before her kids get older and no longer live with her? What’s wrong with that? What happens if SiL gets sick and dies before grandma and never got to enjoy Christmas with her family the way she wanted because she spent her life catering to others?

Answer - there’s nothing wrong with SIL. It is weird to me that you would want someone to come to your event if they didn’t want to be there but did so only out of guilt?  I get it they you’re sad they won’t be there OP, but I do think you’re the jerk here if you think it’s a legitimate reason to be mad.[/quote]

I feel like OP stirred the pot from the beginning by mentioning this was a private school thing.  To me, that is an irrelevant detail.  SIL (and maybe the actual brother?) want a different kind of xmas.  May be understandably sad for some to have the tradition change but so be it.

There are a lot of very cranky people on this thread (maybe because they've had too much family time this week?) throwing around a lot of dramatic words on both sides (controlling, selfish, freakin' losers) and jumping to a lot of conclusions - some people take vacations for fun not for a social media presence.[/quote]

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