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[quote=Anonymous]My wife and I bought our first home a few months ago. My parents (who live about 6 hours away), are coming down to see the house for the first time. My wife isn't a big fan of my mom, so DW has made it clear that my parents won't be staying at our house, which I'm fine with. My mom asked about staying over at our house, and the conversation went something like this:

Mom: Can we stay over at your house?
Me: Well, we don't have a bed in the guest room yet, and you probably wouldn't be comfortable sleeping on the couch.
Mom: Oh, that's okay! We can bring a rollaway bed, or a sleeping bag.

Eventually, the conversation moved to the fact that my mom said that they'd buy us some furniture as a housewarming gift, and it went like this.

Me: How about this, as your housewarming gift, we can pick out a trundle bed, and that way, in the future, you guys will have a place to stay here.
Mom: Well, if we buy a trundle bed while we're down there, it will take time to set up, and we'll have to get mattresses. We actually have a trundle bed here that we never took out of the box that we can bring down!
Me: How will you fit in it your car?
Mom: We'll bring the minivan!

Eventually, I told her that I had to go to end the conversation and that I'd call her back. Anyways, I'm not really sure how to handle this moving forward. I know my Mom, and she just isn't going to take no for an answer on this, but I know that what my wife wants is more important than what my mom wants, but how do I tell my mom "no," without saying, "Mom, DW hates you, and she doesn't want you guys staying here to limit our time together."[/quote]

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