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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good thinking, op.  Keep winning those raffles!
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You think they'll buy the raffle excuse year after year?[/quote]

OP here. There's no way they would buy that again, but now I have "Everyone enjoyed it so much last year, I brought another one for us all to share!"[/quote]

I'm worried about the fact they'll have a whole year to figure out how to counter this.  You made an unexpected move, and won because of the surprise factor.  They are not going just let that stand.  Please do remember to report back next year. [/quote]

This is war room level strategizing!  [/quote]

OP here. HA! I will report back, I promise.

In the face of counter-plans and approaches, I do plan to deploy one of my best moves: Cheerful Dumb DIL. Like, I'm so blandly pleasant and clueless that your passive-aggressive comment went right over my head, and I remain steadfastly cheerful as I put cheese and crackers on a holiday-themed paper plate. [/quote]

:) OP. I was the PP who started bringing entire meals. That's what I did. My MIL would be all concerned about "spoiling dinner" yet an entire houseful of people managed to at the lunch, plus appetizers, and still have room for dinner at 6. Each year, I arrived with more an more food. :)

And, did I mention that DH's family doesn't do alcohol?[/quote]

I wish my ils didn't drink so muchl. My mil, who acts like sweetness and light, becomes a stone cold monster after a few drinks. For all the joking about needing a drink to tolerate family, the reality is often that the alcohol unleashes the demons no one wants to see. [/quote]

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