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[quote=Anonymous]My family is staying with my parents for several weeks this summer, and my uncle has also been visiting the last two weeks.   My DH and I got a text from my uncle in the middle of the night essentially saying that we should be more grateful for my parents’ hospitality and suggested we prepare four little speeches from each member of my family thanking my parents.   He has a tendency to overstep and offer unsolicited advice.  Honestly, after five weeks at my parents we feel we have gone along with plenty of my parents ideas/wants — plenty to show that we are grateful.  Anyway, the interpersonal relationship with my parents is not super smooth because of inherent personality differences, and I’m assuming my parents have complained to my uncle about us being rude at times (not wanting to chitchat in the morning before having coffee or during the work day when we’re working remotely and the kids are at camp).   I’m at a loss about how to respond to my uncle or just not respond at all.  Part of me wants to text back in all caps — mind your own business!!   He has done this in the past and I think it’s manipulative and pushy, and now that my DH is also on the text chain he has the same reaction.  [/quote]

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