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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you ever go and visit them or do you always expect them to be the ones who travel because you have kids and they don't?  My BIL and SIL had kids five years before we did and they acted like it was always our job to travel on the holidays to their house and they never had to travel to ours.  We did get annoyed after a while.  Just because they don't have kids does not mean that their lives are empty and they would not like to stay home on the holidays sometimes and have people visit them.  Before you get annoyed, think about the reasonableness of your own expectations. [/quote]

Yep, my DH and I are always the ones who "have" to travel, because we don't have kids. Because, we are infertile and unable to have kids. Yay. We will never be able to have Christmas at our house unless we just want a fun Christmas day alone. (Which is fine, lots of people do it.) Actually, we will be doing that soon, because I think my parents health is failing quickly and do not think they will be there to need us to provide Christmas for them next year. And, we aren't going there to decorate my parent's empty house for my sibling and family so their "traditions" they refuse to budge on can be maintained. Ok, I admit that vent had nothing to do with OP. Just feeling stabby at this time of year.

But, 3 days is plenty OP. Be grateful your in-laws willingly pay to travel to visit you, so you don't have to pack the kids and everyone up and pay to visit them, on top of all other Christmas expenses. [/quote]

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