I had an operation yesterday which is possibly why I'm awake since 2am and now stressing about this....!
DM&D live a couple of hours away and are planning to visit next weekend for 4 days and nights. They've booked into a local B&B as my op means we can't give them our bed and sleep on roll mats in DD1's room, which is what we'd usually do - so that's ok. But now I'm concerned about the length of visit anyway - what am I going to do with them for 4 days and evenings when they'll be at ours?
They are elderly, DM is particularly frail, so they can't really help with household chores or looking after DDs. I can't drive or lift anything heavy so DH will be coping with school/nursery pickups, household stuff, cooking etc and I'm concerned about adding to all that for him.
Usually if DM&D visit it would be for 2 nights max (same for us visiting them) and then we've pretty much had our fill (on both sides!) - they don't talk much (Mum barely at all), so we'll have exhausted conversation after an hour or two!
I'm struggling to know how to broach this with them without hurting their feelings but the thought of 4 days of their silent presence is stressing me out and taking post-op meds mean I can't drink through it! Should I just suck it up?
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EachToHerOwn · 23/02/2016 04:19
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