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[quote=Anonymous]We just got to my parents' house yesterday afternoon after a 7 hour drive, and DH is lobbying to leave first thing tomorrow morning.... Their house is really unsafe for kids and they make no effort to childproof, so we spend the whole visit chasing the kids around and trying to keep them safe. Like others, there is never any fresh food in the house, so we eat like crap or have to go out and buy our own groceries. Ironically, they have two refrigerators and a pantry stuffed with food, but it's all old and super processed. When we were single, my sister and I used to stay up late at night and clear all the old food out of the fridge at Thanksgiving and haul it to the dump. We'd leave one old jar of mayo or yogurt and come back the next year to see if it was still there. It always was. The TV is always on, there is never a plan for activities while we're here, etc. The house is also really open and noisy, so the kids sleep horribly. My parents refuse to even try to be quiest during naps and early in the morning, so we're all hungry, constipated, tired, and bored at the end of every visit. My parents are very wealthy and retired, so they have time to grocery shop, etc, but they've never made the effort to prepare for family to visit.

We vowed this year that we wouldn't come home for the holidays but then my mom's cancer came back and this is probably her last Thanksgiving, so we are sucking it up and trying to be helpful and enjoy this time together.[/quote]

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