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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. It’s my BIL and SIL. Can’t politely decline or say I’m unavailable. It’s frustrating because I know they can afford to hire movers, they’re just too cheap and would rather rely in free help from family and friends.

[b]It’s my husband’s younger brother so he’s spending all day there helping him when we have shit we need to get done here to prepare for the work week.[/b][/quote]

Your husband problem is bigger than your in-law problem.

Do you guys never do anything other than prepare for the upcoming week? What happens if one of you has a social event or a sporting event or a work event? Presumably either that person gets their stuff done another time or the other person picks up the slack.

If I'm going out of town for the weekend with my girlfriends, then my husband does 100% of the stuff around the house, with the kids, and with the dogs. It's all on him. Same for when he goes out of town. If he was going to spend the day helping his brother move (which I agree, is ridiculous once you're 30 and older), then I'd pick up the slack because he'd do the same when I spent the day doing something with my sister.

If your husband using this as an excuse to get out of doing whatever your weekend chores are and he wouldn't do the same for you, then that's where your problem lies. Not with immature BIL/SIL.[/quote]

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