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Charlotte Roszko

Mum with six-month-old baby - and no money - angry after in-laws assume she's making Christmas dinner

A mum said she has 'refused' to cook Christmas dinner for her 'moody' in-laws after they invited extra people over.

The mum cooked Christmas dinner for her husband's family last year whilst pregnant, but doesn't want to do the same this year due to having a young child, extra guests to cook for and being short on money. Instead, the woman has asked if her guests can bring a dish each, or pitch in money for a takeaway - which they are not willing to do.

Taking to Mumsnet's popular Am I Being Unreasonable? (AIBU) thread, the mum asked for advice. In a post titled 'To not host Christmas', she wrote: "Husband and I take it in turns to spend Christmas Day with one side of the family and Boxing Day with the other, this year its his family's turn to be with us on Boxing Day.

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