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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about you guys get an AirBnB out there so you can wake up on Christmas morning with whoever wants to be there?[/quote]

Would you do that? Personally spend an extra $4-5k? Also the point is that she cannot likely even stay with us. I did not want to go into go 
details about it but she lives in a home for recovering drug addicts and manages them/drive them around/ helps run the house. She has to be there to drug test them 1x a day. It’s a halfway house for people who leave inpatient treatment centers and are adjusting into a residential home, which is comprised of about 6-10 people. Xmas and Xmas eve are the highest risk days for addicts to slip which is why she can’t travel to us on those days and likely cannot easily just stay with us if we did rent a hotel or airbnb. [/quote]

That sounds like a very meaningful yet stressful job.  She probably takes on a lot of their personal issues - no wonder she needs her girlfriend trips.  Honestly.

I feel for the both of you in this situation.  Your nuclear family which is trying to make it work by inviting her to Thanksgiving and Easter, and your MIL who truly doesn't get the same Christmas experience as FIL.

In this case, I would allow her to visit even when your husband is traveling but make clear you can't entertain her.  If she needs to get around, she'll have to hire an Uber. [/quote]

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