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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I just have to tell myself over and over that I am doing this for my husband and kids. 
And I mean multiple times per hour. 
I say as little as possible, agree and smile to anything that is said, and make myself busy with dishes, kids, anything to make the time pass faster.
Even a daily morning pep talk "it's one more day. One more day. You are doing this for your family. You can do this" in the mirror kind of thing
It sounds like it's a rare visit, so just get through it[/quote]

And that is the way that you spend YOUR annual family vacation?  Instead of enjoying time with your kids and husband, you silently grit your teeth and deal while dh and the kids enjoy themselves?  Don't take this the wrong way, but it almost sounds as though you are playing the martyr and sacrificing your own happiness in the process.

Maybe you all need to consider dividing this visits in 1/2 time spent with his family and 1/2 time away somewhere just your family.  [/quote]

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