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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, a 70 year old woman is supposed to be HAPPY and THRILLED that you're throwing a party for her at a restaurant she doesn't want to go to, and not listening to any of her other preferences?

Is this a party for your mother, or for you, OP?  Or is it just some huge passive aggressive "payback" by you to your mother?

You sound like you don't really like her.  In fact, you sound like you hate her.[/quote]

I think you're reading way too much malice into the daughter's motivation here.  What kind of parent would want their child to overspend when throwing a party?  Seems selfish of the parent to value having things just so over the financial well-being of their child.  
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Right?  Mom hasn't been to either of the restaurants, as I understand it.  I presume that OP and her father chose somewhere nice that was within their budget.  They went to a lot of trouble to invite the mom's friends.  I see no indication that they planned this party out of spite or set out to make mom unhappy.  They planned a nice party, and she's just nitpicking and ungrateful.  And she wants them to spend money they don't have.  Mom is being a bitch.  When someone plans a party for you, even when it's not a surprise, you don't get to control every detail, and you can't demand that they blow their budget.  [/quote]

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