I've read a lot on here about how dh and dw should each attend to their own sides of the family - and to an extent I agree. I'll visit my family by myself and dh visits his alone. Not all the time, but sometimes. We are not joined at the hip.
But... but... one thing does bother me. Dh's brother's wife is a great hostess and marvellous cook. They have a large Georgian house and often throw big dinner parties and frequently have sil's family there. But we are never party to her cooking (except for one occasion when I found we were last-minute stand-ins: that's how I know about her food, as well as from some third parties).
If we see bil and sil, it is bil who caters and does something like frozen chicken kievs or pizzas from the CoOp. I can't help feeling it's rather pointed. If we ever host dh's family, I do the cooking because I always do the cooking and I think it would be rude for dh to do it on this one occasion per year and make cheese on toast when I could (and do) make a much better effort.
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bil's unequal treatment of us vs. his wife's family
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BrendaBlackhead · 22/12/2014 16:56
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