I need a god excuse to cancel a meal out with family.

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I had half arranged a meal out for myself, my kids and dh, my 2 sisters and their kids and my mum as s mother’s day and belated mums birthday.
My sister (who is quite mad and very VERY hard work) has upset my mum.
She does it all the time but doesn’t realise it, or does realise it but doesn’t care.
My mum told me that she wants me to cancel the meal she doesn’t want to go.

So, it’s gone to me to break this off to my mad, very aggressive, very angry, very hard work sister without causing uproar.

Any ideas?

Have your mum round for lunch and tell your sister you are ill/couldnt get a table/second coming. Have a lovely time!

Goodness me no there’s no smashing thing up or threats of violence, absolutely nothing like that!
Also no, she was a pretty good kid growing up, there were never any conversations about her being bad or troublesome with my mother as we grew up, nothing like that ever.
We don’t talk about her now as I don’t see her and my mum only sees her every few weeks so no, there’s never really any talking about her.
It just came up due to trying to arrange this evening meal out as my mum said that she likes it when we are all together.

I’m going to take the advice from you and just say that mum doesn’t fancy anywhere. I think that she would accept that without much fuss.
Phew, done. No drama. Thank goodness.