Bloody SIL wants to visit again

[midlifehope]

Again at worst possible time! We live by beach. No one visits in winter - in summer everyone interested. However this year I will be heavily pregnant / about to be in labour / in labour. Also we will be moving house locally or recently moved. I want them to respect our space, but they are insistent - saying they will camp in garden and only stay a night or two. What would you do / say?

Ps when do announced our pregnancy to her, sister in law simply said 'oh no'.....

Now they want to visit at a very vulnerable time and I can't seem to put them off!

Don't wish to be a harbinger of doom here, but I don't reckon you're out of the woods yet. That campsite sounds far too close for comfort. They might well be sleeping there, but aren't they still going to be nipping round to yours at all times of the day and night when you're trying to bf a newborn/unpack boxes?

Hence Spade's suggestion for the notice on the door, Clam - I agree with you entirely, they'll be over for a shower, to borrow milk, to use the loo "because the campsite ones are too far away/dirty/smelly/busy" etc. etc. etc.

Notice on the door, door locked from inside, any bell disabled - only way.

I once saw a lovely sign on the gate of an Aussie homestead - it said "Fuck Off! Private land, trespassers will be shot". To the point, I thought.

I feel like saying to them 'fuck of I want to bond with my partner and son and new baby in my new house you imbeciles'. I might just pluck up the courage to say that

Yes! Do that

I agree with Clam, that camp site is far too close, although I realise the OP can't stop them camping there. And even if they don't keep popping in (even though I suspect they will) this will probably mean the OP Is on edge for the duration of their visit.

It beggars belief why some people are so thick-skinned/insensitive/intrusive.

"and there you were at Christmas going on about what easy guests you are!"

Oh that is just fabulous!

Yes, a sign saying, "Trespassers will be prosecuted. Trespassing relatives will be shot."

I'm not entirely sure the "Do not disturb" sign would stop them. I had a particularly intrusive colleague where I once worked and even if I put signs like that on the door, she assumed it did not apply to her and came in anyway...

That's why you lock the door so they can't waltz in.

If they insist on loudly knocking you are then well within your rights o go apeshit at the asking them if that are able to fucking read, after all, we all know what our hormones are like after you've had a baby

Have there been any developments??

GERTI and the sound of a klaxon echoing through the night sky......