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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's also that many of us were born in different states and then moved here to DC for work. The majority of inlaw problems arise with travel and visiting. I'm so jealous of people who go over for Christmas dinner for 3 hours, have a merry time and then leave. They get to sleep in their own beds and watch their kids open presents under their own trees. And they get to see inlaws on Christmas Eve and parents on Christmas night. Everyone sees them and no one fights over whose turn it is. No one has to take planes, trains and cars with their kids all sleeping in closets and with time changes.

Local parents help and you also help them. It's much more equal. Non local parents just demand visits, have never babysat, and rarely visit [/quote]

Agree!!! I’m SO JEALOUS of families that have a one day holiday event then go home. When everyone is spread out, people fly in and a gazillion family members under one roof for a week+ is miserable, even if you generally like them.[/quote]

Oh my god yes. I could totally hold it together for dinner or whatever a few times a month. I would drop my kids off to hang - which at this point they would love. But put us all under one roof for 3-4 days and we’re on each other’s nerves.

Add in the guilt — if we got for 3 days, why not 4? If we go for 5, why not 6? We literally cannot please them. [/quote]

Yep. I could get through biweekly dinners with people I hate. That's not that difficult. I could even get through seeing people I hate weekly, but staying at their house? Awful. I truly hate traveling to family with children. I love our vacations with our kids, but traveling to family is hell.

Also, my inlaws NEVER visit us. They claim it's hard to get a dog sitter (the dog is welcome at my house). Sure Karen, but it's not hard to schlep my kids and all their stuff to your house. [/quote]

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