At his brother and wife who are visiting from our country of origin for the first time to see our 6 month old.
Dh was so excited that his brother was visiting - he gets very little time off and has rarely visited in the ten years we've been living here. We are usually the ones to make the trip home to see family.
So, dh tells brother and his wife that he will take afternoon off work and duly does so. We all go and meet dh after work for lunch and eat pizza together..
and then..
brother and wife go, 'we're going into town shopping now, sure we'll see you at home later'. Dh said, 'oh we'll have a wander around the shops with you' and we walked back into town with them.. but along the way they made it clear this was not a group trip: 'oh, where's your car? is it there, don't walk too far out of your way' etc. Dh made a suggestion to go into a free museum on the way for half an hour (big attraction where we live) saying this was 'just so we could hang out' and this was, well, kind of shot down.
This was at 2.30pm. It is now 7 and they are still not back. They hardly ever see us and dh was just so happy to see them.. there has never been any ill will whatsoever although to be fair we don't know his brother's wife that well as we have never really had a chance to get to know her.
Well? I'm not going to say anything but I am raging. I think it is rude! Is it just me? Should we just look on this as their chance for a weekend away in a different city and grow a pair? Or is it a bit inappropriate?