Long story short, we get very little annual leave as a family, we both work full time and are out of the house from 7 til 6.30 all week, we took a week off to spend some time as a family with our dd, we understand that we are also part of a wider family, well 2 actually, but my dd is 1 and her grandmother has been to visit her once...
Now, as we are staying local to her side of the family, mil is expecting us to spend all week hanging off her coattails, as its convenient to them, had a call from her sister last night, it was obvious they had been bitching about us, because it was said how we had told mil we would like to try and get a break for ourselves too, we arrived late Saturday, saw mil Sunday, another family member yesterday, doing nothing today, seeing family Wednesday, the interferring aunt has basically said she will see us Thursday, want to see my dad too... so where does that leave us?
It's leaving me beyond annoyed and tired out, we always have to travel to them, and its always a full day of things, I can't actually do this any Longer, not with kids and their feeds, naps etc, my dh is such a push over he never says a thing, but they are not my family, so how can I retort without being rude? They go on and on, I told mil I would see her in the week, but she has to know exactlty when because she's a control freak, none of them work, so they ate hardly pushed for time, and they have shown no interest in my dd
Really, aibu to want some down time?