My MIL can be difficult (she's often insensitive and especially BIL gets offended).
She's had a recent admission to hospital and has chronic health problems. She lives 2 hours from BIL and 1.5hrs from us (same direction) and she's widowed.
Our family (me, DH and kids) have hosted MIL for as long as I can remember (10 years plus) as my BIL was in a rented house with no room for MIL to stay. This included Christmas Dinner cooking/ hosting for our in laws each year. Now BIL and his family have moved to a large house with a spare bedroom and I was hoping we could share hosting MIL plus have time to go and see my family plus even have time our own family just us and the kids.
My BIL /SIL have offered to pick up MIL on 24th, host Christmas Dinner on 25th with us attending in their new house, then suggested we have MIL from 26th onwards. I know SIL is working on 26th otherwise I think they have the bank holidays off, I'm not sure about extra holiday days.
Aibu to want them to have mil until 27th (at least!) so we can have boxing day to ourselves?.
My husband is so non confrontational he always caves to BIL and is the one to drive mil to and from as well as host and cook.I'm trying to get him to be more assertive!