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[quote=Anonymous][quote] My MIL felt it was "her turn" but that dynamic just doesn't exist today in our family. She also saw it as an opportunity to control people and get her way, as opposed to a responsibility to keep family together, ensure everyone's accomplishments are celebrated, and lay the foundation for relatives to be supportive of each other. I've seen it work well when the matriarch tries to bring people together as opposed to expecting everyone to give into petulant demands.[/quote]

This X100. My MIL thinks this is what is going with on with the aunt that wants to control holidays. As the youngest, this is her chance to be in control of everyone else but they are simply having none of it so it makes the aunt even more crazy. The aunt doesn't have kids has a whole host of problems ranging from jealousy, resentment to trying to insert herself so she gets a turn in controlling others. She doesn't understand that the only way it work to be in charge of these things is to care about what others wants. She sees it as chance to get her way and be showered with adulation. [/quote]

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