would you be pissed if MIL went ahead and planned a "combo mother's day/SIL's b-day/1st b-day" party for your DC's 1st birthday? is it so selfish of me that I want to plan my...
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birthday party - and that I'd like her first birthday to be celebrated on its own?
posted April 21st, 2010 at 10:53pm in
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- I would not care 4-21-2010 10:54pm
- Totally reasonable. Why is she able to do this? 4-21-2010 10:54pm
- she's a family micromanager, and issues orders, not invitations. 4-21-2010 10:55pm
- but you don't have to follow them 4-21-2010 10:57pm
- np: - Right, politely decline. She can give invitations, and you can accept or decline them. 4-21-2010 10:58pm
- you can always throw your own party whenever you want 4-21-2010 10:54pm
- yes. i would say "thanks but no thanks. we are planning our own party" 4-21-2010 10:54pm
- So send out invitations to your own party. 4-21-2010 10:54pm
- Pissed? no. But I would tell her 1st birthday is on another day and I'm planning it 4-21-2010 10:55pm
- exactly--say ok great but just so you know we are doing our own party 4-21-2010 10:56pm
- if you had something planned (or wanted to) just let her know you already had plans but also want to celebrate w/family. don't let her take over. 4-21-2010 10:55pm
- yes- you do that. let her do her "combined" one..but make your own separate party 4-21-2010 10:56pm
- Plan your own. And if you really want to shake things up, have a reason why you can't attend her thing. 4-21-2010 10:56pm
- yeah, i would be pissed. this is something my mil would do too. i would have dh tell her thanks but no thanks, we will be doing 1st b-day on our own. 4-21-2010 10:59pm
- ^did she plan it so her party would happen first? that is what my mil does or tries to do. 4-21-2010 11:01pm
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