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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids. I would not bring my kids to my neighbor's adult family dinner party on Christmas. I sort of assumed OP had her own kids and the families all knew each other, which sounds like a great idea, but that's not the case. Since there won't be other kids there to make it fun for my kids it's not an invitation I would accept. Does neighbor know his kids will be the only ones? it would matter to me that this was a family/kid friendly party which sounds like this is not, so I would not go.[/quote]

What you would do is completely moot.  OP invited her neighbor.  He accepted.  One would presume that, as he is their neighbor, he is aware that they have no children.  If it was a concern of his whether his children would be the only children, he could have asked before accepting.  Apparently the man is not planning a big celebration at his house.  He told OP that he missed big, home cooked celebrations (sounds like that may have been his wife's job and whether he is widowed or divorced, his wife is no longer in the picture to provide).  And OP invited him over and he accepted.

This is not about whether the man should or should not have accepted or should or should not have questioned whether his children will be the only children.

The issue here is what to do about OP's MIL/FIL who have been truly rude and despicable in response to being informed that a neighbor family was being included in the celebration.  And what to do about MIL and FIL.  As I said above, I think that OP and her husband should make it clear that the other family has been invited, they are guests and that MIL and FIL are expected to behave politely and courteously.  If they can't do that, they should postpone their plans to visit for another time when the neighbors will not be invited to the celebration.[/quote]

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