My SIL is so difficult!

First off, I love my SIL. But when it comes to planning holidays and other family get-togethers, she can be so difficult. For some reason she thinks they all should be planned around her schedule and everyone else's be darned!

We are having the Christmas get-together at our house and after talking to everyone, we decided the 23rd is the best day for us. She said she can't make it because she'll be too busy wrapping presents and baking. I told her I hope she'll at least let her kids come and she said no, they like helping her.

I told her she wasn't the only one that had things to do and while I know being a SAHM doesn't mean you sit around all day doing nothing, at least all her kids but one are in school and she has a lot more time to do things than I or her other sisters do who work 40 hours a week and have to find time to buy & wrap presents and do any baking that we might do.

Her older kids are in school through the 22nd, plus her mom and her MIL are retired so they can watch her youngest so she can do things. But because she didn't pick the date, she isn't coming. She wants to do it the Monday after Christmas but I told her no one else does because they have to go back to work the next day so they want time to relax.

I just think she's being so selfish. Especially since she won't even let her kids come (her oldest is 16 and could drive them over himself). Oh well. We'll enjoy ourselves anyway and let her figure out a good time to get together with us - when it fits into our schedule!

Oh my gosh, I had forgotten I posted about that! Yes, she was in on that as well. And I pointed out to her that we were trying to plan this so early so that people could make plans and be there.

And did I tell you about my child's birthday party last year? It was on a Saturday afternoon and because she goes to church Saturday evenings and the party was set around the time of it, she didn't come and didn't let her kids come which broke my little boy's heart. I asked couldn't they come and we'd take them to church the next morning with us but she said no, that they always go as a family. Okay, then why is she always saying how her DH doesn't go on Saturdays but on Sunday mornings and that often the kids will want to go with him? Guess she thought she'd teach us a lesson and we're assuming she's trying to do that again with Christmas.

Somehow missed this yesterday!