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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I’m actually a SAHM, but funny that this thread turned into criticizing me for not knowing how to take care of my own kids while doing household chores! I felt like a nanny to be caring for the kids and doing chores *while all the other adults ignored us and continued with their conversations*.

And as several PPs have grasped, the issue is taking care of my kids *in an extremely unsafe space that is not my own* and also *being expected to have sophisticated conversation with the ILs at the same time.*

Now I’m back at home taking care of my kids all by myself… but in my own space and not while someone is annoyed I’m not engaging in adult conversation![/quote]

Yikes you sound like an amateur, not a SAHM. Everyone knows you need to get the kids out of the house for a large part of the day. Go to a park, museum, zoo, long walk, whatever. Your youngest is 2, this isn't your first rodeo. Have you never been to the in-laws house or have they rapidly declined? The state of their house would have been known if you had visited before.[/quote]

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