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AIBU?

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How often do you see your inlaws?

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OnlyHappyWhenEating · 29/11/2018 16:55

My inlaws just moved to the same village as us (mainly because we have children and they want to see them more). Before they lived the other end of the country and we saw them probably 4-5 times a year, but for 4-5 days at a time.

Now that they live so close they want to see us every weekend! and I feel a little stifled. I thought that when they lived nearer that we would see each other perhaps more frequently, but for shorter visits, like an hour or two here and there, which I thought would be less intense and more enjoyable. But, they seem to expect us to see them every weekend now and phone to see what we are doing and if we don't plan something with them, they make us feel very guilty.

AIBU wanting a bit more space, or should I suck it up and try to enjoy them being in our lives more? (our children love seeing them! I just find them a bit intense...). I don't know if I am over reacting or not... maybe they will chill out once they get their own friends.... (here's hoping)

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TwistTheRibs · 18/01/2024 23:51

Every. Sodding. Week. Sometimes more.

notthatthis · 18/01/2024 23:53

Once a year and that's too much for me right now.

GreyhpundGirl · 19/01/2024 07:08

My late FiL lived a couple of miles away. We/ my husband would meet him in the pub for a couple of hours every week. (husband's mum died when he was a kid, and was an only child) That suited us but any more time I would have struggled with.

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