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[quote=Anonymous]If you are still reading OP, I think this is worthy of having a conversation with your cousin.  It sounds like you take turns cooking but you do other things like buy food together.  Maybe this is just overwhelming for her.  Perhaps you are setting some sort of expectation that she feels she cannot meet.  I know cooking on my inlaws vacations was pure and total hell because they wanted multicourse meals. Perhaps she is stressed out about making something good enough.   I like the suggestion of giving her the option of buying every pizza or another type of take out.

You also need to address the husband working from the beach house.  If they live close, he should be working at his own house and coming over later.

As far as her helping you when getting ready for the beach, you need to let that go.  You are forgetting that a lot of mom stuff is learned when your kids get to that age. She has a baby and likely has no idea what you need her to do.  It may seem obvious to you, but it’s likely not.

Also, just start being direct.  Ask her to pour you a glass of wine when she is up.  Or ask her to pack snacks.  Or maybe make a deal that she does not need to cook dinner but does all the clean up.  [/quote]

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