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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Invite them to a family dinner at a casual restaurant, but say unfortunately you can’t host overnight guests, but there’s a Microtel nearby and you’d be happy to have them over for muffins and coffee the next morning at your house before they hit the road.

There; they’re invited, but you are making it clear you can’t host them overnight. Up to them whether they accept a perfectly nice invitation. [/quote]

OP here, I know you mean well, but I would never, ever do this. I hope you're a troll![/quote]

NP, this depends so much on the ILs and the distance. If I invited my in-laws, who live 5 hours away, have health issues and are grossed out by hotels, to come for *dinner* they would be extremely weirded out by that. Like it would be so obvious I didn’t expect them to take us up on it. And my in-laws are nice and don’t expect catering to at all, but they do need some help around our house, which is not ideal for people with mobility issues so adding them into a full house would be a lot (and my house is not tiny either). Luckily for me, what my in-laws and my parents would both want is for my kid to enjoy their birthday as they want. [/quote]

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