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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do want a day to celebrate me, but I don't care when it is. So long as my DH and kids have planned a day/meal to celebrate me, I'm ok with going to MIL/mother's to celebrate them. In my MIL's case, she will certainly choose an activity I do NOT want to do on Mother's Day. So, I tell myself this isn't my Mother's Day and I'm 100% fine with it. I don't need to cause a scene. Now, if DH/kids tried to act like MIL's mother's day activity was also MY Mother's Day, I would have a big issue.

As an aside - I would stop managing her gift. That's for DH to do. In our family, DH does all the mothers day cards/gifts and I do all the Father's Day ones (ie, DH does not need to coordinate anything for father's day). [/quote]

Isn't the day to celebrate "you" your birthday?[/quote]

And isn't the day to celebrate MIL, her birthday? [/quote]

Why wouldn't a DH celebrate his mom on Mother's Day? His wife is not his mom.[/quote]

DH needs to figure out a way to make everyone happy.  He has an obligation to both his mom and to the mother of his children.

Nearby MIL's have positives like babysitting but negatives like shared holidays.  [/quote]

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