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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why you “had” to stay at your sisters. Why didn’t you drop them off, stay for dinner, and then leave, and then have your sister drop them off at your place the day before their flight? Or something like that.

Just go about your routines and do what you want. Be polite and friendly and welcoming but don’t wait on them hand and foot.[/quote]

I didn't either. I said I was driving home and then my mom guilted DH and my kids (8, 6) to stay overnight again. We said okay, but that we wanted to leave by 8. At 8 am, we were all upstairs, eating breakfast with the car loaded. My parents were downstairs, fully dressed since 5 am and were asking to play games, go shopping, etc. My DH is super nice a bit of a pushover. My sister lives 45 miles away and will not drive to get parents like I would (or DH would). My parents can afford it, but balk at the price of an Uber "It's $90!". My sister hates driving in DC and rarely comes to our house on Sundays as she and her DH are really into football and spend the entire day watching games (we can do this at my house, packabut at a bar...we don't have the NFL package or cable).
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Sounds like everyone here has boundaries except you and your DH, OP.  Give it a try![/quote]

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