How would you cope with spending 3 weeks with your parents?

[brimfull]

I am struggling and it's only day 4 !

I used to find them easier to live with but as we all get older it gets harder.

Help me with thinking positive before I kill them or myself.

the only way is to stay vaguelly pissed the whle time. not legless but slightly fuzzy.

i wouldnt cope well and neither would they!

I am on my 3rd glass

am getting looks from mother and tutting about the £££ we spend on wine even though they will never refuse a glass

and go out all the time
get them to babysit so you can go out
plan loads of stuff to do with them
dilute with other people
make sure they help with cooking etc if its at your house

I am fine in their house (but am always out and about visiting friends and other relatives) - a different story when they come to me - about 3 days max before I say something I regret...

my bottom lip is painful from the amount of biting

we are in glasgow for a week as it's their old haunt then we have 2 weeks in our house down south

It'd be fine, my parents are awesome

I think I'd have killed mine by day 4.....

I would need ot consume a large amount of alcohol.

I would not and could not do it and would never contemplate it. I can manage a day or two quite nicely otoh.

I would be insane by day three tbh.

My mother would be driven mad by me too though.

I'm moving back in with my folks in three weeks for an indefinite period (hopefully not more than four weeks) til our new house is ready. Luckily dh and ds will be with me for support. I'm actually quite looking forward to it as my mum has promised I'll never have to cook anything, do any supermarket shopping or my own washing. Such a different story to 20 years ago

my mother does none of the cooking as she is an awful cook and dh loves cooking

I wish they could drive over here like they used to ,at least they could get out of my hair .

I would love it
I would get help with the cooking a nd cleaning

I would laugh deeply with them

I would get more rest

my kids would lap up the attention

they teach them things I dont find time for

their patience knows no bounds

they make me feel like I'm a good mum

they listen to me

dh and them get on very well, we have a drink, we play board games

its fun

w only get a couple of weeks a year

When I got married (in mid-20's) neither husband nor I had a living parent (illness plus accident). We would have quite liked to have your problem.

Actually, thinking about it, it's their house I'm looking forward to ds loves their giant garden which is totally enclosed so I can just leave him to it, and their house is just so nice and comfy... compared to my titchy flat.

god trinity you make me feel guilty

I only see them once a yr

I used to feel like that about 5 yrs ago but for some reason it has become much harder to spend time with them.

Must be age.

Oh no ggirl
I'm so sorry
I didn't mean to do that
I got carried away
I'm sorry

i would cheerfully move back in with my dad

i think thats the reason he wont get me a key cut

oh extended I am sorry to sound so ungrateful

so sorry

Ggirl

3 weeks with anyone you're not used to spending so much time with can be hard so don't be too hard on yourself.

My parents agree that too much time together can be difficult so we have an unwritten rule that we're upfront about it when we need personal space. Still doesn't prevent the ocassional strop

One night with mine is enough - I love them dearly, but my mum has early dementia so is a bit difficult. And their house is very very toddler unfriendly