I live overseas and my parents visit once a year - usually for 10 days. They stay with us. Since having DD this upped to 2 weeks on their last visit. They now say they want to come for 3 weeks on their next trip.
Our house isn't tiny but it isn't huge. We have 3 bedrooms, one is an office which we run our businesses from (ie they can't sleep in there). They sleep in DD's room and DD sleeps in our room. When DD sleeps in with us she inevitably wakes, we don't sleep well and she usually ends up in our bed.
We both work full time and are usually exhausted by the time they leave.
Obviously I love them dearly and I understand they want to spend time with their grandchild, I don't begrudge them that at all. I'm also grateful that I have two living, loving parents who want to visit, I really am.
3 weeks seems like such a long time to have to have this sleeping arrangement. There's also the issue of entertaining them and generally having no privacy of the time that they are staying - sometimes I just want to collapse in peace after a hard day at work without even making conversation with DH!
Any advice on how to handle this? AIBU for even thinking like this?
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farfarawayfromhome · 24/10/2016 09:34
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