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I don't take time off work when my parents or in-laws visit.  I have limited vacation time, and my parents understand and can entertain themselves, and my in-laws are DH's responsibility.   I feel bad that I didn't take time off work one time when a sibling visited - I didn't really understand the expectation, and they had traveled across the country and staid with us.  We have other family in the area; I just had the nicest guest room.

When my parents visit, they pitch in, but I don't expect it of them.  My in-laws do not pitch in at all, so I am always busy with work when they visit.  I need the distraction. [/quote]

I'm the PP and I totally understand. I assumed here that when the parents visit for just 3 days, it's most likely the weekend. Of course if people stay longer, they should pitch in, but not be the primary planners/executors. It all can be agreed upon, not forced. I have parents/ILs abroad and when they come to visit, we take time off work (just the adult child) as they stay for about a week or 10 days and want to sightsee and do things, not just sit in our house. At the beginning of our marriage, my DH invited his mom and kept going to work and it didn't go well (she speaks a different language/no English). She was bored and pretty much started rearranging our kitchen as she had nothing to do, from then on DH takes time off work and plans some activities/travel. [/quote]

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