Bracing myself for a fresh MIL encounter PLUS the Gifting Woes Continue!!

As I mentioned in the prior post, DH is away on an onsite posting..

My little SILs daughter, apple of our eyes, turns 1 this week, and its a day long big grand event with havans and poojas and to follow suite we also have an egg less orthodox party!!

Its been 6 months since that eventful day of me moving out of ILs house.

SIL stays close by to them with her ILs.

DH kept preventing me from going to SILs place to see the baby all these months as it will be unfair if my ILs get to know that I visited SIL and not them! PLUS as MIL had treated even SILs DH very badly, her MIL is also very annoyed with and sarcastic about my MIL.

To prevent fueling any gossip of us moving out into separate house DH told me to stay away.

Now I will be seeing them all after a long time, and pray that no one asks anything in-front of my MIL about me absconding since long!



NOW FOR MY ISSUES: Pls give me some motivation!!

1) DH has requested that I coordinate with MIL and reach the venue together with ILs to prevent raised eyebrows at the function!

As he isnt around this time, I need to call her myself and we all enter the hall together!!! Oh buoy!!! GULP!!

SIL on the other hand has told me I have a big role to play and a long task list of running around. I am happy to be there.....but MIL.....................

2) Me and DH planned to gift the kid a car or a cycle. MIL wants us to give gold instead. So DH is giving her our contribution, and she will be purchasing and giving to the kid.

I pay....I go empty handed to the function????

Is this fair??? Is this what families do "together"???

And this will go on forever till ILs are around??

Acceptable custom?

I am feeling lost!!!!

And with DH not around I dont know what I will do!!

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Bracing myself for a fresh MIL encounter PLUS the Gifting Woes Continue!!