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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree heartily with pps. This isn't some honor bestowed upon you. It's taking advantage of you, your time and money coming to visit her. Next time she asks "Mom, I really don't feel up to working your event for this visit. If you want to spend time together outside of work, let me know, otherwise I'm going to hang out with Aunt Mary and Cousin Joe. Call me when you're done and we can go for dinner." [/quote] I think I'd bring this up before she does, and I'd do it by asking her help in figuring it out. "Mom, we'd love to visit, but I think we need to do it as completely downtime. Would it be possible to come without helping at events like we usually do? Would that make it weird, or could we find a way to make it work?" Something like that. I know some of DCUM hates "scripts," but that is something like what I'd try. Framing in advance makes it less likely to spark reactivity in the moment.[/quote]
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