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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you can tell them someone gave DH a gift card for the restaurant.  You don't have to say it was you who gave it![/quote]

This is sly and misleading. Why are people afraid to deal with parents and parents-in-law in a direct way? You, OP, are having to work too hard as a daughter-in-law just to take them out for a dinner. Just act like a grown-up and tell these people that (1) their restrictions on cost are not reasonable for restaurants in the DC area, and (2) your and your DH's preferences count for something, too. DH should be the one to communicate this to his parents and MANAGE them. [/quote]

Nice - complain about people not dealing with in-laws in a direct way, then, 3 sentences later, insist that your spouce deal with them.  [/quote]

This relationship originates with DH and his parents. This is their pattern of dealing with each other. OP has been triangulated by marriage. It is not OP's responsibility to mediate. Lots of DH's and DW's pass the responsibility for dealing with their parents to the spouse, and it does not work. Here, DH has primary responsibility. Look how hard OP is searching for a restaurant, doing all the work. I bet DH just sits back and lets OP deal with his parents. That's not right. 
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