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In laws treating my home like a hotel

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AnnaBanana112 · 03/11/2024 12:41

We’ve moved near an airport which DH’s family frequently fly from and we’ve only been here a few weeks yet they’ve come 6 times to use our home as a hotel.

They expect DH to drop them to the airport and pick them up which he does (sometimes at unreasonable times like 2am drop offs which then results in him being tired the whole of the next day).

They stay on work nights and obviously I don’t feel comfortable in my own home when they’re here and they will take their good time to leave. They want to “relax and recharge and have some food and drink” before making their way home.

DH will also tell me randomly “oh by the way I’m picking up so and so and they’re going to stay on X night”. I’ve told him before that this house is becoming an airport hotel and he laughs it off but it’s really starting to get on my nerves. I don’t want arguments and bitterness but it’s getting a bit ridiculous now. Before they used to go to and from the airport on their own and somehow now they think it’s ok to treat this house like a f’ing airport hotel, restaurant and taxi. My own relatives wouldn’t do that or expect this so I’m struggling to understand why they think this is ok.

I worry if I tell DH he will start saying that it sounds like I don’t want/like them or that I’m just being a bitch.

would you be ok with this or am I just being unreasonable?

OP posts:
AnnaMagnani · 03/11/2024 14:42

So this isn't an IL problem, it's a DH problem.

He isn't prepared to say no to them
He isn't prepared to say 2am is inconvenient
He isn't prepared to ask for money
He thinks you won't notice- even though you are doing all the hosting

Next time round make sure he makes all the food and drink, being sure your fridge is empty on the day. He makes and changes the beds. And get on with your very noisy plans the following day when he is tired.

Imnotfeelingwell · 11/03/2025 07:51

I find it odd that you can’t talk to your DH about this. You have a legitimate grievance imho.
you may want to say something like ‘what if my parents/ sister/ brother decided to stay as much as your parents? How is it fair that only your parents are allowed to use us like this? ‘

i also think you need to send a message to family saying that you are getting overwhelmed with requests for lifts and putting people up and that everyone gets one stay a year and one drop off/ pick up. Get your DH to send the message.
if he is not agreeable then go on strike and stop catering for these people and let him do all the laundry, shopping, cooking etc.

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