Anonymous wrote:Can I trade SILs with you?

Anonymous wrote:My family is coming here for Xmas, and I can't wait. My SIL is an amazing cook, likes to cook, and knows that with small kids, it would be hard for me to pull off a great dinner. She's volunteered to cook the dinner. I've double checked with my brother to make sure she isn't feeling like she has to do this or annoyed that she's doing it. 6 members of my husband's family are coming too, so the dinner is 11 adults and 3 kids. When I found out my husband's family was going to come, I told her about it and gave her an out, and she still said she wanted to do it.

The tricky part is that my SIL has absolutely no price limit when it comes to preparing food. She'll buy organic everything plus grass-fed, organic meat. She spends a fortune.

I, of course, said that I would pay for the dinner as it is at my house (and my family is flying to me). However, I have a budget for food as they are in my house all week (and of course I'll buy the food), plus we have Xmas gifts for our family and my husband's family - anyway, it gets to be very pricey.

When I gave her my budget, she volunteered to pay for the protein for the meal.I told her pork loin from Costco was more than fine (and no one in the families are picky), but she's told me that she's place an order for the meat at the local Whole Foods, so I know it will be astronomically expensive. Do I let her pay? I'm not sure how to handle this.

Anonymous wrote:Can I trade SILs with you?

Anonymous wrote:It sounds fine to let her pay and I respect your request for a budget but are you sure the meat is that much more at WF? I paid $25/lb for tenderloin at Costco yesterday which seemed pricey to me.