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I actually don't see anything THAT wrong with what OP did. It wasn't graceful, but to me [b]MIL sounds like a jealous teenager throwing a hissy fit. She didn't do the work, but she wants a lot of credit.[/b]

OP, you meant well, but it misfired. Just apologize for her hurt feelings and let it go. The only way this is going to get better is if you just let it go and she lets it go. [/quote]

Um, no.  You are almost as clueless as OP.  The MIL wasn't throwing a hissy fit because she didn't do any work and wants credit.  She was upset because OP singled out some family members who helped them, thereby setting up a two-tier system of the "good relatives" vs the "bad relatives" and designated who was which in an inappropriate forum sent out to all family members.  There was no reason to do this other than to set a standard by which the good relatives are determined by how much time and money they lavish on the spoiled entitled family and letting the bad relatives know that this birthday was their chance to up the ante and move from bad relative to good relative.  Pretty crass and boorish.  Why not just issue a cover charge for the birthday invitation and say that anyone that cannot pay will not be invited over again without gratuitous insults.  This is essentially what she's done, but she's tried to be covert and blame the MIL for exposing her as a gold-digger.[/quote]

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