Urgh. Your MIL is a pain. I can't believe she'd penalise her own grandchildren to prove some dumb point. My mother in law also made a big song and dance about how much we paid for my puppy (she told my husband I should have 'done the right thing' and got a dog from the pound). She is also all in a tither because I called my Yorkie, 'Badger'. She's really pro-hunting (they still use Yorkies here for badger baiting) and I'm really anti-hunting which is why I called him it. She told my hubby that I did it 'deliberately to upset her'. Haha! Like I care about what she thinks, the old misery
I definitely think you should go get your puppy and something will work out with the kids. It sounds like it's meant to be. Although I'm not very religious I'm pretty sure God likes people who help each other. Good luck and please put some pics up as soon as you get him!
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