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[quote=Anonymous]OP here and thank you dcum.  You made my morning validating EVERYTHING I'm feeling:

Yes, DH was an asshole for saying "ok" and we did fight over it when I got home.  I came in and actually said the words most of you are saying "What the fuck?!?!?"

DH is saying what another pp said - "I am always telling you there is no "free" in "free gift" when my parents are giving"  And he repeated that when I said get the chairs back when SIL's IL's left.

The reason he doesn't want me to call SIL is he doesn't want her to feel bad because "it's not her fault MIL is an ass and took back the chairs"

For those of you asking about why she gave us the furniture:  She downsized from the big family home that they all lived in to a smaller house and had extra furniture (a couple extra bedroom sets, the LR set which was in her great room, a formal DR set, etc.)  She offered all the kids any of those sets if we wanted them.  We took the LR, I think DH's other sister took a BR set and the SIL that we're talking about here took some stuff - I don't remember now, but MIL offered us the furniture before selling it/donating it because it doesn't fit in her current smaller home.

I think I'll do what some of you suggest - call SIL and offer her the rest of the set because we need to have a full LR set and (like MIL did with her stuff) I will offer it to SIL before selling/donating it.  She'll either ignore that she promised to give them back or she'll remember that she was going to return the chairs.  That way I'll know once and for all.

To the pp with the furniture suggestions - thanks - I'll check that out. [/quote]

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