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[quote=Anonymous]It’s time for your husband to have a blunt conversation with his parents.  Lay out exactly what you expect from the vacation.  We also do a family beach vacation every year cause my family lives out of state.  It’s important to me too.  I think it’s unrealistic to expect every meal to be eaten together.  That’s the first thing I would change.  I totally get the evenings chit chat.  I put an end to that quick by saying “this year we won’t be hanging out in the common areas after 8pm.  We just wanted you to know before our trip cause we don’t want any hurt feelings.”  Lastly, your husband needs to discuss expectations BEFORE the trip.  If it’s done while on vacation they might take offense that it’s something they did/didn’t do.  I eventually told my family that family vacations are getting too stressful for me and if something doesn’t change, we’ll have to go every other year or less often.  They changed and we changed and now it’s gotten much better.  We have family dinners and all other meals are separate.  We do set up a continental breakfast and everyone grabs what they want/when they want it.  We often sit together for breakfast but not a formal big breakfast your describing.  Good luck![/quote]

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