Would you ask to stay with family of four living in a 2 bed flat?

[Maisy313]

We live in London, it's a nice, light flat and is largely fine for 2 adults and 2 kids, but my in laws routinely want to come and stay with us (on the soda bed) for long weekends. What with one bathroom and an 18 month old who still wakes up a lot and with us both working it just makes for a really cramped, stressful experience and often makes me feel a bit depressed about the flat. I like my in laws a lot and don't want them to feel rejected but would rather pay for them to stay in a hotel, just have zero emotional energy left and feel like we all need respite from school, after school clubs work and nursery for that two days a week. Am I being a bit precious?

I'm glad it's worked out, OP, and I hope you get a nice weekend. I also hope this sets a precedent for them not asking to stay quite so often in future.

And oh do shut up all those giving it 'But they're your family' and 'you need to suck it up', 'Oh I love having thirty people staying in my bedsit, what fun' and 'they're not welcome in your house'.