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[quote=Anonymous]Here's a tip: Do not sweat people like this, because they are NOT sweating you- guaranteed.

As for MIL- for every worry or concern she came out with I'd respond "you raised him" or "that's just the way he is" (I'm assuming it's BIL and DH's mother)

I'm not a major planner. People trying to make plans while on vacay especially just tire me out with all their concerns. So if you want them on board, for sure made a sched of times/places and they'll at least be able to get it together to be ready AT THOSE TIMES. Otherwise it'll be a crapshoot for what/when they want to do something.

I know this because it's how DH and I are. If we have a sched- even one thing a day we stick to it.  My DH's parents dither and lollygag and get last minute ideas for plans, and though DH and I are far from big-planners, they make us look like wallstreet daytraders.

We have to explain to them 'no, at this time of day we'll be fighting traffic. We can go downtown or up to Baltimore if you want, but we would need to leave earlier in the day so lets leave that for another day'. If you are saying you are hungry NOW, we won't get there for another hour, so lets eat nearby.

They pick restaurants or parts of town that we wouldn't feel safe in and suggest we go at night and they are just naïve and don't understand why we say no. Literally, we had to casually mention shootings at certain metro stops or areas for them to get that it wasn't because 'we don't want to eat seafood'. Also, they get their tourist on, dithering and lollygagging, stopping at the bottom or tops of escalators, etc and honestly, I want to rob them, myself.[/quote]

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