Ticket dilemma

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I bought 4 tickets for John Bishop's warm up show this autumn, as it happened to be the day after DH's 50th. It's only just dawned on me that MIL is bound to be visiting that weekend & will obviously want to be celebrating his birthday with us.

I can get a single ticket 9 rows away but nothing closer than that. Would you buy it? DH doesn't know what we're doing but he knows now that I've booked something which doesn't involve his mum... Gah! Really want to go but I'm gutted I've messed up. Or maybe I should ask him? It was meant to be a surprise... WWYD?

If she is with you the whole week end would sloping off out for a few hours not be OK with her? It's dh birthday not hers!!

I wouldn't bother! Surely she would understand?

Can you not ask MIL what she would prefer?

Why don't you talk to your MIL? Ask if she even plans to come down then? If she does then ask if she would want to come to the show too but explain seat situation. She will either want to come along too and have to accept seat situation or she will say she is happy to stay home while you go.

Just let your Mil know 50th the day before john bishop next night imsure she will be fine about it.

Thanks everyone for your input - the relationship between MIL & me has become a bit distant since my mum died and I find it hard to talk to her, but I think I need to in this instance. I think she will be fine about it, it's probably more me worrying that DH will be ... not exactly upset, but disappointed that I've left his mum out.