UGH! In law drama... advice please
MIL called DH. She asked if we were done with Christmas forever because we're not putting our tree up this year. We're not putting our tree up because we move into our new house January 10th. Why would we get the tree down from the attic, assemble it, disassemble it and move all of our stuff? It just seems crazy to me to put the tree up. I'm also Jewish, and MIL hates that (they're Catholic). She thinks because DH married a Jewish girl he's going to convert. He went to Catholic schools all his life but is totally done with Catholicism, it's too much for him, etc. So if he stops celebrating Christmas, it'll be because of him and he's sick of having to shop for everyone, etc.
ANYWAY.
MIL and FIL run an in-home pet sitting business. So EVERY time we visit, they have dogs staying at their house. Luna, being a well socialized Lab still technically puppy, always wants to play with the dogs. Their yard isn't fenced, so they can only play inside. MIL squirts Luna with a water bottle whenever she tries to play (the other dogs are play bowing back, wanting to play chase, etc.) I always tell MIL Luna is playing, I redirect Luna to me, have her lay down by my side, or I'll take her for a walk, etc. Her exercise is limited when we visit because MIL gets upset when we leave the house instead of hanging out with her, but they don't have a fenced yard and live in a very tightly packed neighborhood, so we have to leave to play. I bring Kongs with me, freeze them, I bring a crate, etc. But Luna is still very well behaved when she's there.
For once, they didn't have any dogs scheduled at their house so Luna was going to be the only dog, yay! SIL got a rescue dog a week ago. We know nothing about this rescue dog other than SIL says it's very docile. Okay, but is it friendly with other dogs, etc. She doesn't know. Nobody knew she was planning to get a dog, she just got one and brought it home. They live a 10 hour drive away from MIL and FIL. We're a 4 hour drive.
So MIL is talking to DH on the phone about how she's glad SIL got a dog. How happy she is that it's a rescue dog, how we never should've gotten a purebred dog, etc. I have my reasons for getting a puppy from a great breeder, and I knew I didn't want anything other than a Lab.
But here's the kicker. She called Luna wild. And asked DH why I and Luna couldn't stay home while just he visited for Christmas. DH is furious and doesn't want to go, but it's one of those "we have to" situations. Oh, and MIL asks if I'm pregnant EVERY time we visit or EVERY time he calls. I don't drink alcohol, so she can't tell. I'm also super slim, so if I was pregnant, she would know. I think she asks just to infuriate me. She hates me and doesn't want me to be pregnant, so I don't know why she's so obsessed about it.
Please send me warm thoughts to keep me sane during this visit... we're leaving Wednesday morning, staying overnight Wednesday and Thursday, leaving ASAP on Friday.
Or pray for a snowstorm so we can't go at all.