A mum has reached out for advice following a dispute over a family dinner. The woman took to Mumsnet to say she was struggling to come to an agreement with her brother in law and sister in law who are organising a surprise dinner for their parents.
She and her husband want to arrange it one night, whilst her brother in law and sister in law agreed that it should be a different night.
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Taking to Mumsnet she said: “Parents/in laws are celebrating their 40th anniversary and one of them has organised a surprise trip to our home city (where brother in law and sister in law also live). Two options for when the surprise dinner can be - Sunday or Monday.
“Couple A wants it to be on Sunday. They have a toddler who wakes up a lot at night so they don’t want to stay out too late. One of the couple (the in-law to the parents celebrating) (self employed) has arranged work which finishes at 6.45 on Monday which would mean they couldn’t get to a dinner earlier than 7.15.
“Couple B wants it to be on Monday. One of the couples (the child of the parents celebrating) has a big job interview involving travel which means they need to leave home very early on the Monday morning. If it was on the Sunday they wouldn’t be able to drink and don’t think they would enjoy the evening as will be stressing about interview prep.”
“Both couples think the other should compromise. Couple A have also suggested doing 2 separate dinners instead.”
Mumsnet users responded to the mum agreeing that they should have separate dinners or 'couple A' should compromise.
One mum said: “Two separate dinners. Or there's going to be resentment.” Another user added: ”Monday at 7.15. That's a very average time to meet for a meal out, most adults don't go much earlier. And as for the couple with toddler who wakes up a lot, it's ONE night!”
One added: “Monday night. Couple A should compromise.” A user said: “Monday seems like the obvious choice here, it ticks all the boxes surely? Or propose a new date!”
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