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[quote=Anonymous]I am an expat, and my cousin (we are not close) told my parents she wants to send her 13yo DS to us for part of the summer so he can work on his English. My parents hinted it might be tough as DH and I work full time, our kids (sophomore and junior) will likely work too, and we also have travel plans for some of the summer. She did not get the hint, and instead of emailing me to ask me if he could stay with us as I thought she might, she wrote to me just alluding to "needing to ask me a quick question on the phone" in the first email I got from her in years. I feel like she will try to pressure me if we talk, tell me he wouldn't mind just being home during the day, or other sorts of reasons why a visit could still work, and I will have trouble formulating a clear response on the spot for fear of sounding rude...The truth is I just do not want the stress and responsibility of hosting him at all. Am I horrible for not wanting to host him? How would you handle the situation? [/quote]

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