Our wedding is this weekend and then we'll be on our HM until mid May. So we'll be gone over Mother's Day, and if I don't order gifts today or tomorrow I will probably forget.
The dilemma: FI is currently very upset with FMIL. Without going into detail, she was extremely harsh and disrespectful over the weekend, and then called him at work on Monday to berate him more. Just thinking about it makes me feel ragey for FI. This has happened before with FI and each of his siblings, more than once - they will be mad, then they'll get over it, and all will be fine again. All of this to say that right now FI doesn't even want to see his mother at the wedding, let alone think about Mother's Day. I do think it will blow over before then, though.
The thing is, if we don't send something for Mother's Day we will incur the ALMIGHTY WRATH OF FMIL all over again and it will be a long time before she lets it go. I don't want that drama and I know FI will hate it, too. He doesn't want to talk about gifts because he's mad, but I don't want to deal with the fall out from it (FMIL calling FI on our HM crying about how he's a terrible son and he doesn't love her, FFIL lecturing FI as soon as we get back).
So my options are 1) Try to talk with FI about it again, at the risk of getting him upset about the situation all over again. 2) Not send anything and deal with the fall out. 3) Go ahead and order flowers or a gift basket to be delivered while we're out of the country, and just let FI know about it after the wedding when he's in a better mood. I don't want to be disrespectful of FI's feelings and wishes, but I also don't want to set us up for more of this family drama because I know FI hates it.
What would you do?