Am I being unfair?
We normally 'host' my family (my sis her kids and mum) for Christmas Dinner, and I use the word host very loosely.
We use my house as I have younger kids but really it is a team effort, sis and mum pitch, with all of it from buying food to clearing up.
We always extend an invite to PIL who only occasionally accept.
This time ILs want to accept but want us to host SIL and family as well.
Meaning a total of 15 people for dinner, 2 different dietary requirements. ILs aren't the sort to pitch in.
Am I being unfair to say No that 15 is too many people.
AIBU?
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Username4561 · 13/11/2022 20:00
Am I being unreasonable?
783 votes. Final results.
POLLUsername4561 · 15/11/2022 10:56
Well good for you. We aren't all master chef.
JudgeJ · 15/11/2022 10:31
I've done Christmas Day for 14 in a normal house, th'emergency chairs and all, but my rule is Keep put of the bloody kitchen, can't stand people 'helping' when I know exactly what I'm doing!
forrestgreen · 14/11/2022 11:39
'Dpil, sorry that's too many to host. How about we all come to you on Boxing Day?'
It's just as cheeky as they were.
StrawBeretMoose · 15/11/2022 14:58
@Username4561 but if they've sold out hopefully they will get more stock.
DH usually does our Christmas food shopping so I leave him to it, but he hasn't mentioned anything major yet apart from bringing 2 boxes of mince pies home to see which I prefer. I'm still deciding so have to keep eating them!
VickyEadieofThigh · 15/11/2022 14:49
Those people saying "The more, the merrier" - that'sclearly not the case for the OP, who has neither the room, nor the wherewithall to host these extra people.
nightbulb · 14/11/2022 05:37
I think you’re being very selfish. If this were being written by your ILs the question would be very different:
AIBU for being upset that our family is split up every Christmas because DIL/SIL only ever wants to spend it with her side of her family?
And the answer would be a firm YANBU.
I don’t think you’ve realised that by doing what you do you are putting DH’s family in a very difficult and unfair position every year. Why is it ok that they never have a family Christmas together in order that you can? You’re making it very clear they are not a priority in your life which is a much bigger part of the problem here than whether you have to fill a few more plates on Christmas Day.
You say that the SIL on your DB’s side has had plenty of “stress-free” Christmas’ with “just them”. You say stress free as if somehow this makes their life easier not to be there and you are hard done by having to host. Perhaps they felt they have to do that as they don’t feel welcome at yours (which they clearly aren’t), and what other options do they have let’s face it? Why wouldn’t it also be ok for your mum, sister and her kids to have a “stress-free” Christmas one year so you could see the ILs and you see your side of the family between Christmas and NY for a change?
I think this is your PILs way of saying to you that they also want their family to be together at Christmas, but they can’t do that because of the choices you make. They’d also be right as the only thing you’re seeing is the work involved for you and your family to have them there.
There are plenty of other ways to have Christmas together that don’t involve one person hosting a sit down meal for 15 people. I think if you really thought about their perspective and what your choices mean for your DH’s family then you’d consider them.
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