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[quote=Anonymous]I’d ask them not to come. Or only have them come for 2-3 days, vice an entire week.

Then, the weeks your DH travels, make sure you plan a night or 2 that you go straight from work to the gym. While your in-laws do pickup and dinner.  You can get home in time for bedtime. Then, after the kids are in bed, go to bed yourself.

Basically stop being “on” at home so much. Give them space to do the caretaking, and then have them LEAVE. Then you do 2-3 days solo. Maybe schedule 4 hours off work to recharge after they leave.

But I’ll agree w some PPs, now that my kids are 5 and 7 it’s easy when my DH isn’t around. Mainly bc I lower my own standards. Noodles every night! Pancakes! Skip the bath! We both WFH right now and he’s taking a trip this month and I’m actually excited to be ALONE while I do my work each day. Hasn’t been that way since March 2020!

So either carve out more time, use the in laws more fully, or have them come for less time. Or some combo of all of it. [/quote]

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