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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife and I have a 2.5 yo son, whom I carried. Her father lives out of state, and while they used to be very close, they haven't been as much since our marriage 5 years ago, which was around the same time he had another child with his much younger second wife. The last time we saw him was at my wife's sister's wedding two years ago, when our son was about 6 months old. My wife asked him if he thought he'd be able to visit after the wedding to meet our son and he responded, "I don't think I'll have time to meet [my name's] baby." Obviously very hurtful and I've never forgiven him for it and neither has my wife, though she's upset that their relationship has soured and wants it to improve.

Fast forward two years later, now, my wife's sister recently had a baby and FIL is planning a trip up to meet that baby (something he never did for our son). He informed my wife that he wants to stay a few days at our place because he wants to take his young son to do DC things; we live in the middle of the city and the sister he is visiting lives about 1.5 hours out. I essentially want nothing to do with him and think he really has the gall to not acknowledge us as a real family but then still take advantage of our house. At the same time, [b]I know this is difficult for my wife and don't want to make things worse for her[/b]. WIBTA if I said he couldn't stay with us? [/quote]

You're married.  Do this for her.  Marriage is a big thing and included sacrificing.

By the way, this may be indirectly a way for your family to somewhat connect with him.[/quote]

This. Grow up op and try to accept him for who he is. He is not related to the baby and he doesn’t feel that biological pull. [/quote]

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