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[quote=Anonymous]My DW has an aunt who lives in a town about 45 minutes away from us, and is a place that tends to be along the way for other destinations that we like to go to.  Every time we pass through her town, we have to stop and visit, regardless of any other circumstances, timing, etc.  Her aunt is very nice, but visits tend to drag on and are very redundant time after time.  She never married and tends to be very attention starved which leads to her talking for hours when we're there.  She's in her late sixties and is perfectly healthy, so it's not one of those "the next visit could be the last" scenarios.  The one time I suggested that we drive straight to our destination since we were meeting another family at a skiing destination and our kids were excited to see their friends and explore the area, my DW seemed incredulous that I would suggest that we not see her aunt.

The thing is, I don't even know how much my DW even wants to visit this aunt, but she doesn't want to deal with the fallout from her parents that might happen if they found out that we drove through the aunts town without stopping.

Do other families operate this way in that you always have to stop and visit someone every time you drive through their town?  Is this just something I have to accept?  Is there a reasonable middle ground, like we see the aunt once every three months?[/quote]

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