We invited all of DH's family to our home this year for two reasons... 1) because it is the first year without MIL and thought a change would be nice and 2) because we have always had to travel to IL's place 2 1/2 hours away and thought it would be nice if one time they could come to us.
Well, SIL decided coming to our house would ruin her family's Christmas tradition
so she never passed the invite along to DH's 2 single brothers and just told us that no one wanted to come to our house. I found out from one of the single brother's that he never got the invite, but would have come had he known. Another married brother never got back to us and gave us an answer until last Saturday (they will be driving through on their way to other IL's) and said yes they would come but had also made plans with his wife's family instead.
So DH decided we would just stay home and have a nice Christmas ourselves and then SIL who didn't want her tradition ruined calls and lays the famous guilt trip on me about coming there because we should all be together this year. Which is exactly why we invited them all here, so we could all be together this year!!!!!!! I give up.
