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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Board it today. [/quote]

And pay for it how?  I do not wish to pay for this upfront and then make a big dramatic scene of it with my in-laws over the phone.  We said we would take the stupid dog - I told DH months ago when they asked that I did not want to, and he overrode me b/c he didn't want to make waves.  I am willing to put up with it for three more weeks but I will not take the dog again after this.  That is the issue with DH.  He doesn't want me to tell his parents once they get home that the dog will no longer be welcome to stay with us.  He sure as hell won't want to address this with them over the phone from hundreds of miles away.  In all honesty, I'm not concerned about MIL getting upset with me.  I know she will and I think that is her problem to deal with.  I am concerned with this becoming a thing between DH and me.  He refuses to address it with them and if I do, and MIL gets all passive-aggressive with him, it will be my fault.  I do not think that is fair.  [b]I think HE should address this with his parents or at the very least back me up.[/b]  But I know he won't.[/quote]

Tell him that if he doesn't do it, that you will, and he'll probably like the results of you doing it less than he will like the results of him doing it--but either way it's happening, and he's got three weeks to decide how.

As for him blaming the passive aggressive behavior on you, tell him straight up that no reasonable person would expect someone to keep their dog on such circumstances.  Sure, MIL is cranky because she doesn't have free dog care anymore, but that's on her for being so unreasonable in the first place.  Show him who's the person in his life that it matters more is made unhappy--that's you, not MIL.[/quote]

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