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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not “company” it is his parents. [b]Your husband can[/b] make a pot of chili, a pan of cornbread, and pick up what [b]he[/b] can as you normally would.   This shouldn’t be an OMG super stressful entertaining event.  If you feel like the house needs to look perfect and you need to have a multiple course meal that is on you and your own anxieties.  Say hi and be pleasant.  His parents are likely more interested in talking to your DH and your kids anyhow.  If you don’t feel like being a major part of conversation busy yourself with something else.  If DH invited them over, then that is what he wants to do with his day off...not what you decide he wants to do.  [/quote]

Fixed that for you.

Seriously though, this happens a lot in my household and I feel you. Sometimes I just tell DH I dont have the energy and he snaps to it and says, "No problem! I will get and prepare the food and pick up the house." And in that case, I hang out with them and we have a simple meal. But it is still a late night -- coffee & dessert. And when its a weeknight, it sucks. But I do appreciate having a clean house and dinner prepared by DH so I figure it saves a little time in the long run since I usually do the cooking. Other times, he agrees and says let's do it on the weekend. There have also been times when I suggest he goes to their house and he does and everything is fine. Its your home too, you have a right to unwind when you need to. Just feel it out with him.[/quote]

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