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About in laws "helping"

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PaintItBlack1 · 27/05/2018 15:21

Have a deadline this week to finish painting new house (upstairs) before carpet goes down next week.
DH and I have booked annual leave, my DF is retired and handy so is helping (and a complete grafter, he's done a lot for the new house, genuinely couldn't have managed without him).

In laws heard we are painting and offered to help, announced to DH that they will be staying with us in current rental house for 5 days while we all work on the new house.

Except they've bloody well turned up without painting clothes, with the intention of maybe helping for a day but mostly want to see the grandchildren (that they won't look after on their own because they don't know what to do if they're upset/don't know what to feed them/don't know how to put down for naps etc and have no intention of learning)!

Fair enough if they would come and look after DCs while we paint but really they are hindering our progress as me and /or DH needs to stay with them and supervise the DCs (otherwise DM would have them for the day).

AIBU to tell them to piss off and let us get on with it?? There's enough to do without wasting my week waiting on them and supervising them seeing the children!!

OP posts:
Takeoutyourhen · 30/05/2018 08:54

Perhaps they saw this time of chaos as being the ideal time to step in to help under the guise of believing that everyone else will be busy, leaving you with no other option than to let them look after the children. Perhaps they saw this opportunity to work it to their advantage, especially if they are jealous of your parents.
It sounds like something my parents would do!

Nanny0gg · 30/05/2018 09:01

Sounds extremely unhelpful but very typical grandparent behaviour

Oh for God's sake!

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