DH's parents live 200+ miles from us. We visit them twice a year for a few days, and in the summer they come down and stay fairly near us for a month in their caravan.
Normally when they come for their long visit, we have them over for dinner a few times, go on a few days out, and spend a few days down at their caravan site with them. We both work full time so take a few days off and fit in what we can. This works fine.
But ... this year we have our little girl, who we adopted earlier in the year and they're dying to see more of. I'm also in my last few weeks of leave from work so am at home.
I get on ok with them but do find it hard work without DH there.
He has taken one weekday off each week they are here, and we will see them every weekend, either sat or sun, so they'll see us, and LO twice a week for the month they're here.
I suspect that I'm going to come under subtle pressure to see more of them than this because I'm off work, but it's my last few weeks of leave and I really want to enjoy it with LO, do plenty of things just us, as I'll never have this time again. I've also got other friends and family who like to see LO regularly to fit in and I could easily end up pleasing everyone but myself here.
Would I be a terribly unreasonable dil to say that I don't want to see them anymore often than the planned twice a week while they're here, to allow myself time to do all the other things I'd like to with LO before I go back to work?
Feel free to be honest, I've posted here knowing the reputation for taking no prisoners!
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CloserThanYesterday · 22/06/2015 10:32
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