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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll try to make this concise. Here are all the facts!

DH and his mother have a sometimes contentious, surface-level relationship.

MIL lives just far enough away that quick visits aren’t possible. It’s always been a day-long visit.

There was a time when DD was younger when we used to get together as a family (as in me, DH, and DD) and that’s how MIL would visit with DD.

Before COVID they had a disagreement and their strained relationship strained further.

These visit became DH dropping DD off for the day, and MIL returning her later, or vice versa.

I’d say within the last year, DD has started to resent these long visits. I think it’s a mix of wanting to be home doing her own thing with us or her friends. She hates giving up a whole weekend day. She confided in me and said she’d be more than happy to do a lunch and short outing, or outing and dinner, but doesn’t want to spend whole days alone with grandma anymore.

I think her proposal seems fair, especially considering her father’s relationship with his mother.

DH is afraid broaching the subject with his mom will result in hurt feelings and he doesn’t want to do it, but I think he needs to. So I’m here looking for advice for DH on how to approach this. Thanks![/quote]

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