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[quote=Anonymous]MIL is staying with us for 4 nights. We have one child. We see MIL about 3 times/year and she loves spending time with DS and says that she wants as much time with him as possible. She has stated that she doesn't even want to see my parents because she'd have to share DS with them for those few hours. She's on the younger side and has energy.

Since she's been here I've done a few things by myself that I don't get to do all the time without rushing around since DH and I both WOH and schedules can get pretty hectic. I've been to the gym once, dropped off some packages to the post office and am currently in the parking lot of a store since there's a terrible stench in our kitchen trash can and we couldn't get it out by cleaning so I'm going to replace it.

MIL didn't send DS a holiday gift so she said she wanted to take him out to choose something. Before I left to replace the trash can I told DH that they don't need to wait for me to go to the toy store. He said fine but I don't need to make it so obvious that I don't want to spend time with MIL.

We've spent a ton of time together already. We've eaten all meals together and have been in the same room for pretty much the whole time she's been here except for the 3 outings outlined above. We don't need 3 adults with DS at all times.

Am I expected to put my life on hold and stay attached to MIL at all times when she's here? Is it unreasonable to do a few things that are not all together? [/quote]

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