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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This wedding is in NOVEMBER! You have months to figure out a new sitter. If you want to figure it out, you can. If you don't want to, that is fine, but your inlaws might be annoyed. Just decide which is more bearable to you- vetting a new sitter or annoying your inlaws. And proceed accordingly. I'm having trouble imagining that you know now (in August) that 4 months from now no one in your life will be able to take a half day of PTO. If so, you need more people in your life, and this is a good incentive to find some, whether or not you go to the wedding. 
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why does OP have to find a sitter for her  BIL’s kids?[/quote]

I’ve gotten sitters for my kids and my brother’s kids when he was visiting from out of town, and we wanted to go out.  
OP is fine to say no, but this doesn’t seem like an insane request.  [/quote]

The proposal was a care.com sitter for 4 under 5 in a rural area. That is not something most would consider. Also there’s a high likelihood that the sitter would flake.

The only way the sitter request in OP’s home is reasonable is if BIL is going to find and pay for the sitter while OP is at home. [/quote]

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