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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the issue is with having your parents over. .

Just. Do Christmas with you and the kids it's likely to happen again and you can start a little tradition.

Grandparents both sets can be seen at another time [/quote]

Nope.  If OP is going to be solo, she can certainly invite anyone she wants.  Including her entire side of the family, if desired.  When her DH is home celebrating holidays, he gets a say about who they invite as well.  But her DH is backing her up, so there really is no issue here.

It is NOT tit for tat.  It's about OP's comfort and desires for a major holiday.  The only person's whose feelings she should consider equal to her own is her DH's.  And she's done that.[/quote]

This is fairyland thinking. OP can do what she wants, but if one set of grandparents feel like they are getting the shaft, there will likely be bad feelings. OP’s feelings count, but there are other family members who have feelings, too.[/quote]

Women aren’t put on this earth to prevent people from having “bad feelings”.

What if OPs parents feel like they’re getting “the shaft” that their son in law is working Christmas? Does he quit his job —no. And no one would ever expect him to.

Similarly no one would expect a man to host his in-laws without his wife.

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