SMIL has just rung to say she hans't had a chance to post the cards or presents

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. We (DH and I) are getting a "£10 voucher between you from Argos" and the DSes are "getting pyjamas".
She has just rung to say that she hasn't had a chance to post them and won' be able to until the 24th.
AIBU in thinking that FIL who works part time, and not on Saturdays could have done it? He is a home carer, and has 2 full days off during the week. AIB even more U when I get annoyed that she says in the next sentence "oh we drove through to X yesterday to see x and y and the chidlren (her neice, neices DH and their children) and SIL (who is the cousin of these children's mother) went too as she has bought them a Wii game each and given them £20 for Argos. They are 15,13 and 8. yet they can't be bothered to stop off at teh PO and post my Dses presents? I'm not bothered about the £10 voucher for DH and I.

Sorry,SMIL is Step MIL.

yanbu , you would like to think she would want to get the dc's presents there for xmas.
Especially given they were driving out yesterday!

Well YANBU if they are driving around visiting people. We are pretty much snowed in and I haven't even got all of Santa's pressies - oh and no post Friday and yesterday so if that goes on it wouldn't make any difference if someone had posted a pressie or not. So YANBU, but I must admit I think a lot of people are in a worse position....

YANBU. At all. But save your energy for enjoying Christmas with your family ... and without your SMIL!

Of course YANBU, and tbh a comment back of 'Oh not to worry at all, we realise how busy you are and where we come on your list of priorities..'

Just ignore them, don't expect anything of them, then they will never disappoint you. Write them off....

Forget to post their stuff next time...

Your father-in-law should have sorted out his side of the family, not leave it to his wife fgs!

YANBU though and agree, sadly, you just have to write them off.

YANBU.

But didn'tt this happen last year as will.

I know there are a lot of people in a worse position, I'm not exactly in good place myself.

The point is that there has been plenty of opportunity for FIL to post them, but oh no he couldn't possibly do anything as mundane as going into a shop/post office/bank/etc.
There wasn't much snow becasue we ahd been talking to MIL (MIL, not step MIL) and she said it wasn't too bad, and if they mananged to get to visit SMILs neice then they were able tod rive.
They just expect so much from us all the time and give nothing back.
And we have got SILs - nobody else has ever got married before,and if they have it won't be as great as mine because shed loads of cash is being spent - wedding this year too