Well we got a graduation invitation yesterday from dh's cousin - lives in Georgia - we are in Indiana - but I guess we are invited cause they are having a party in the mother's hometown which is 5 hours away from us. But here is the real kicker - the way the envelope was addressed!

The first line has Mr. & Mrs. dh and I
c/o my mother in law
my mother in law's address

Now if they wanted to invite us, for heaven's sake - look up on whitepages.com our address. We have never lived with the inlaws. We have had our own home/mailing address for almost 19 years. I don't even really know these people and I sure don't know the graduate. When I asked dh about which cousin this is of his (he has about 35 first cousins on his mother's side), he wasn't even real sure. So Lord knows I'm not worried about sending a gift! And if mother in law puts my name on her gift, I really don't care. She always feels the need to do that anyway. These people have never had tact ever - this is the way mother in law wanted to send dh & I's wedding invitations 19 years ago - to the parent and they can just tell their children. I said NO if they have an address separate from their parents, I am sending them their own invitation. SHEEESH! No wonder mother in law thinks I am Miss Priss - compare to those relatives, I am.

Perhaps they are related to the parents of the girl that invited my DD to pay $29 to go to her b'day. People just kill me, they really do.....

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My family is good for that, they assume that because I have a sister that she should pass on the invitation....which I think is ridiculous. My dh and I have had our own address for years but they still do this, so I wont go, I am not going to somewhere I am not invited to if everyone else gets an invite