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[quote=Anonymous]I love how everyone is acting like it's better boundaries to potentially lie to in-laws? this is so bizarre. OP I think a lot of people here don't have parents that live 15 minutes away. It would be SUPER WEIRD and impact the relationship if we went to visit my sister in RIchmond for the weekend without mentioning it to my parents who live 10 minutes away. We see them most weeks and just be very odd.

That being said, it is TOTALLY fine for your dh to say to his parents we'd really like to have a visit with brother on our own, just for some close 1:1 time with brother. We've had to express this sometimes with our parents and that's been totally fine. I'm sure parents would love to be involved, as a parent now I get it, but they understand and are of course supportive. You just need to be more clear and communicate. To me this is way better for the relationship than avoiding and/or lying. It's ok if they are a little hurt, DH can empathize with why they might want to join and assure them it's not them, just need some sibling time. This is normal and good for the relationship. [/quote]

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