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The upside to the cousin sleepover is that your child can start building a rapport with his cousins, and for me that would be worth a LOT of hassle.

The downside is that you seem unable to get past accumulated resentment that you did not receive free childcare, but that your SIL did. Your very negative tone and apparent inability to cope with normal childhood ills and uncertainty (Why would they puke that night, of all nights? Why would their parents not pick them up on time?), makes me wonder about your mental rigidity and apparent lack of social connection. Do babysitters always take care of your kid for you, that you've never had to clean up vomit?

However it's YOUR house and YOUR evening studying time and as such, you do have a say in this... even if you trust your husband to be 100% responsible for all 3 kids. You are perfectly within your rights to say no, OP.

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I think the upside is worth it. OP has some unresolved resentment that's seeping in. MIL helping SIL,etc. Why hasn't OP ever initiated a cousin ice cream?? She wants to be mad, if you can't keep your feelings in check - don't expose those kids. They didn't do anything wrong. [/quote]

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