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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My in-laws, who rarely visit us (we usually go to them, 3,000 miles away) want to visit this fall. They are nice people, and our kids would enjoy the visit. However, DH and I are going through a rough time right now in our relationship, and we don't want the added stress of a 7-day in-law visit now, just as things are slowly getting better between us.

How do we politely decline/postpone? We'd like to just postpone them until spring, but aren't sure what to say, since they almost never visit us. Work excuses won't work, unfortunately.

Any suggestions?[/quote]

Just say you reviewed your calendars and there is too much going on leading up to the holidays. Then suggest three SPECIFIC sets of dates in the spring and ask them to pick one or suggest a few others. Getting the spring dates on the books will reassure them that it is actually happening, you're not just putting them off vaguely and indefinitely.[/quote]

Have your husband do this.[/quote]

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