I went to MIL today and she was hosting BIL, his partner and her children.
We were all playing a game in the garden whee everyone gets to have a go, give an answer or be given a clue if needed.
Everyone kept calling out answers when it wasn’t their turn so new rule that if you shout out the you’re out the game, fine.
MIL decided she wasn’t actually going to take part in the game officially it kept calling out answers. Overlooked as she is the host and respected as an elder / MIL.
One of the children was out for either calling out an answer or not being able to give an answer. Same child proceeds to call out an answer on someone else’s turn.
MIL decided to tell the child to go to the end of the garden and send him away. I chimed in at this point that child should come back, they are a child, it’s just a game and anyhow, MIL has been calling out all game!
Cue surface from MIL, bordering silence. We left shortly after and were not seen to the door.
was I being unreasonable for calling her out? I feel the sending the child down the garden was just mean and exclusionary and unnecessary when we were just having a bit of fun. She has a habit of trying to stamp her authority in this way.
or was it reasonable of me to do what I did?
Not sure how to set a poll.