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[Preds]

Got a new one for ya'll. I got a call from my DD yesterday afternoon. She was livid.

She is hosting a baby shower today for a cousin-in-law. Invitations were sent to everyone as well as e-mail. Not a single person RSVP'd, but she was ok with that because everyone was family (in law) and she really didn't expect them to.

She is paying for everything, made everything, having it at her home, etc. No one even offered to help. That made her unhappy, but again, didn't surprise her.

Well, yesterday, the cousin called her in a panick. Her mother had called her to say she was headed over there to pick her up for the shower. She told her mother that the shower was today, not Sat. Her mother "went crazy". She had already talked to everyone and told them it was Sat. and they were planning on Sat. and that my DD must have changed the date without telling anyone. She then called my DD to tell her that they were all on their way because they had plans for Sunday and couldn't do it then.

Well, my DD went balitic. First, for upsetting the pregnant mother to be, then for assuming that they could just change everyones plans, then for not offereing to help with anything, etc. She told her that the food was not even going to be picked up till this morning, she was still making the decorations, and that she and her husband had already made plans for Saturday night so they weren't changing a thing.

She then called the cousin and calmed her down. As of right now, who knows who will actually show up, but my DD and the cousin don't care. They will have their party and enjoy.

My advise to her way, plan for you, your husband and cousins, and their husbands, but leave the aunts out of it. (Her husband told her the same thing last night). I just love my SIL. Welcome to family-- no matter how far removed.