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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the responses. I'm just trying to envision what life will be like. It's quite a change to have FIL around all the time. If DH and I go for a drive with DC, now FIL will be there. If we go to run errands, FIL will be there. If we go for a walk, FIL will be there. That's a big change for me.

PP, when we have more formal dinner parties, we have a babysitter. When we host friends with kids, the kids entertain themselves and eat at the kids table. When FIL has visited in the past and we've had friends over, he stakes out a big chunk of conversational turf and occasionally will sulk if he's not getting enough attention or the right kind of attention. I'm not sure how much to expect my adult friends to want to hang out with my FIL when they hang out at our house. But I guess having him here would give me and DH a chance to go out more than we do now, which is almost never. :-)

DH is from a country where all generations hang out together and spend most of their time together in family groups. I grew up here in a family that was pretty private and spread out in a big old house, seeing relatives a few times a year. Up to now, FIL has visited for weeks at a time, and I sometimes find my patience growing thin. (I won't get into the personality differences; I do care about him and think he's a nice person.). I'm trying to envision a permanent situation. I'm sure it'll be hard for him, too, and I want him to felt welcome, but there's a part of me that would prefer he wasn't moving in. I guess that's selfish, and yes I feel guilty. [/quote]

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