40-year-old wife stops inviting husband’s family to parties after relatives refused to attend child-free pool celebration and criticized her home all night: ‘When we host, they either criticize it or don’t come’ – FAIL Blog

Once the story reached the internet, people immediately split into two camps: those who completely understood wanting one peaceful adults-only evening, and those convinced family members should always be included no matter what. A lot of commenters also focused on how exhausting it sounded constantly hosting huge gatherings for relatives who rarely seemed willing to reciprocate the effort.