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[quote=Anonymous]Is BIL flying to where you live and then driving from there to remote wedding location? Or is he flying closer to wedding location? This isn’t clear. If he’s flying to where OP lives, when does he arrive? Did he actually already buy plane tickets for himself and his kids or did he just say he was planning to?

I can sort of understand how he would plan to buy plane tickets for him and kids, when he was initially under assumption that OP and DH and kids were also attending wedding and could go in together on childcare. But once he found out that’s NOT the plan, he should’ve said oh I guess I need to either stay home or find someone to care for my own kids!

Anyway, I like the plan of OP’s DH going to the wedding solo (if he wants to go, that is), OP staying home w her own kids (no PTO) needed since OP/DH usual cover childcare on Friday afternoon for their kids anyway and it’s up to BIL to figure out his own childcare arrangements. No, it wouldn’t be cool w me to take care of all 4 kids solo nor would I want to hire a random stranger babysitter to come to my home and help me care for 4 kids.

One more thing: does this even need to be an overnight thing? Only a couple hours away…DH/BIL  could leave at noon, drive to wedding, attend 3pm wedding, leave wedding at 6-7pm, drive back home. [/quote]

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