do you celebrate...

your birthday with your inlaws?

for my bday, i always go out with my family for dinner .... and the in-laws aren't invited

Dh's family doesn't really do bday dinners (but he was jealous of my family so he set up his own bday dinner last year haha). my family still does a birthday dinner for DH at some point (not necessarily on the actual day)

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yes but only bc dh's is the day before mine.

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usually the ILs do something for me. and my folks do something for DH.

so far, we havent done everything together...mainly cuz its hard to coordinate....and its nice to get taken out more than 1x

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So far, we haven't really celebrated my b'day with the in-law's or DH's b'day with my family, but I've gotten presents from them and same for DH with my family.

We live 45 minutes from either of our families (in opposite directions) so birthday celebrations in general are just random quick throw together kind of things.

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i haven't been home to celebrate my bday with my family since i moved here.

and even still... i dont get a bday dinner from ILs like their actual children do.

... and that's one of the reasons why i wont be calling them mom and dad.

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I will usually go to my moms around my birthday to celebrate but never on it. And DH-my parents never remember when it is so we dont celebrate with them.

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My MIL sent me a text for my 30th birthday: 'Happy Birthday'

In fact, I didn't get so much as a CARD from any of my in-laws (MIL, SILS)...

The ONLY one to do anything was my 'controversial' SIL (BIL's wife)....she got us a room at the Ritz for girls night sleepover - it is going on this saturday night.

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I guess you could say I do...the past few years MIL got me a cake and we sang happy bday.
Nothing extravagant but its nice

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Nope... Usually dinner with DH and possibly some members of my Family... but not his..

dont even know why - just not something we ever did.

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We go out to dinner with my mom, and we do the same with my mom for DH.

IL's used to celebrate THEIR kids b-days by cooking them whatever they want. I made the mistake of saying what I wanted for my birthday dinner 2 years ago. (it was nothing extravagant) well needless to say the Inlaws have not cooked sloppy joe's since my request and.... that year I got the exact same air freshener (one of those stick and oil things) that I was given the year before.

Soo... no birthdays with the inlaws.

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well my bday is around mother's day so his parents always come to my parents house and it's a big celebration with everyone.

but if that didn't happen, i wouldn't expect to celebrate with just them.

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<<< I think that pretty much sums it up

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I did the past couple of years and did a combined birthday dinner for my birthday with the ILs and my family and the same thing for DH's birthday. This year my parents got me tickets to Million Dollar Quartet so we did dinner with them that night instead. I wanted a relaxing dinner alone with DH that night so since he wasn't working, he made dinner and cleaned up afterwards and we relaxed at home. I did a birthday dinner with the ILs on Palm Sunday...

I think we're going to do birthdays just the 2 of us for now on...it was so nice to not have to put on a happy face and chat with MIL about nonsense or hear my mom and MIL chat about nothing!

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MY ILs take me out for my birthday each year. We usually combine it with my birthday dinner with my parents as well since they are all friends.

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Yes, we celebrate with both families. His mother always has Sunday dinners, and when it's one of our birthdays, she makes or buys a cake.

And then we will usually go out to dinner with my family or my mom will cook.

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my MIL had a few people over for my bday a few weeks ago when we were visiting. The funny thing is my own parents dont even do a cake for me though they did last year but it was because we were in FL with my gma for my grandpas wake And sometimes we go to CT to celebrate MIL in Nov and FIL,SIL and nephew since all 3 are born in June.

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No

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My FIL and Step-MIL take me out for my birthday every year. I also do something with my parents as well.

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I do not even get so much as a 'happy birthday' from my in laws....yet my family, calls, texts, brings gift for DH!

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Not really actually. I get the short end of the birthday stick since it's Thanksgiving-time.