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In laws nasty when we took our new dog round. We didn't expect them to ask the dog inside.

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arcadia03 Tue 24-Dec-19 20:24:51

Having an invitation to pop round Christmas Eve, me and my husband walked down the road with our new collie dog, and a bag of Christmas presents. Our old dog sadly passed away a fortnight ago, and we are delighted with our new collie. My husband was prepared to take our dog back home, rather than take her in the house (a two minute walk) but wanted to show the dog to his sister. His brother in law answered the door and was appallingly rude - didn't greet us and told us that dogs weren't welcome (though they used to have a collie) . I dropped the Xmas presents in the porch and couldn't get the old grouch (brother in law) to understand that we were happy to drop the dog back home and return. We just left because of his rudeness and this has spoiled our Christmas as you can imagine. It's bad enough at present with my Mum seriously ill in hospital, but the in-laws don't seem to care about that either. I don't think I want to see them again.

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arcadia03 Wed 01-Jan-20 10:01:45

I am comforted with the kind responses I have received. Sister in law is being kind too, but the brother in law is really the problem, and to be honest, a bit of a control freak. I never said our dog was a puppy - in fact she is an older rescue dog, very well trained and obedient. Some responders have commented that they would not expect visitors to bring a dog with them, which is fair enough, but this is family, and I think this is a bit different, especially when my husband's family always made a fuss of our last dog when they came round.
I agree this needs putting in perspective, and for the sake of my sister in law too. I feel so sorry for her, now the mask on my brother in law has slipped.

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dragonfly46 Wed 01-Jan-20 10:05:44

Time to go round and try and make up I think as you only live 2 minutes away.

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Rosamundie Sun 16-Feb-20 18:41:32

@notanan2, wow, you really sound like hard work! Have you even read the OP's posts?

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