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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh. For me this would be too much.

How many nights does your family (parents + kids) eat dinner and reconnect?

If my spouse insisted on doing weekly Friday dinners, I would use the night for a workout class or night out with friends. Pick a different night a week where it’s just your nuclear family and enforce it. Go to in-laws once a month or something. Invite them to kids soccer games and concerts. [/quote]

I already made the once-weekly concession and now I’m getting pressure to do EVEN MORE. Me not going causes drama. They feel slighted and let’s be real, they’re right.

I feel like, with them, no matter what I give in, they will reopen the negotiation for more. The boundary battle is constant. [/quote]

So draw the line at one night, let your husband take them, you can join as you want.  And don't give in. Personally I would limit it to a few times a month, without any set dates.  I cannot imagine not having my Friday or Sat nights open to do things as just our nuclear family, and neither can my kids once they were MS+

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