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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about you take your MIL with you. How about DH takes his Father along with him.[/quote]

OP here. “Take them along” where? They don’t want to go on a walk around the nearby lake that has a few playgrounds around it (totally flat and smooth surface, and they have no mobility issues). They don’t want to go see a family movie together. They don’t want to drive through the light show. They don’t want to go to a museum or aquarium. They don’t even want to go out to lunch. [b]If I suggested to MIL she “come along” with me to the grocery store or to get a pedicure, she would not want to go. If DH suggested that FIL “come along” with him to Lowe’s or to rake leaves, he wouldn’t want to. 
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“But we came here to see YOU” is the constant refrain. If we let the kids go out and ride bikes, that’s frowned upon because “we came here to see YOU.”[/quote]

If you have people over for four days why are you going to the grocery store, getting a pedicure, going to Lowe's, or raking leaves? Those things seem to me like stuff you should get done before or after company comes?[/quote]

OP here. Because they come to stay with us every 6 weeks/every two months or so. They visit frequently. Holidays are a little less "chores to do" but I'm not just talking about holiday visit, I'm talking about all visits. They visit sometimes even knowing we have school and full work schedules and can't take days off. They visit a lot. I'm giving examples. And yeah, when my husband has a few extra days off work, he does use that time to do small home repairs he otherwise can't always squeeze in--he doesn't do that on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but yes, he may do that on the 26th![/quote]

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