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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL was just chastising my husband for not seeing them more often (usually takes us 8 hours to drive with stops and the kids). They proposed to come see us after our recent visit to see them and we set a week. They immediately changed their mind the drive is too long. They aren't that old either. If I can drive up with two screaming kids they could at least reciprocate or understandthe obvious don't expect us to drive if you won't. /rant [/quote] Lol. This reminds me of when DH's mom was planning a trip to see us around the same time he was trying to coordinate a trip to see her. He called her with the dates about her visit to us and said "I was thinking Friday to Sunday X dates would work best." She went off! Gave a big lecture on how such a short visit was inconsiderate to her as a hostess, how it was hardly any time visiting her, and how we might as well not come at all if visiting her was that unimportant to us. He was quietly confused for a moment and then said, "No, mom, I mean your visit to us. You never want to stay longer than 2 nights so I thought those two were best. But of course you can stay longer; I had no idea it was important to you." She had to totally back track and explain how short visits to us made sense but if we were coming to see her we should stay longer or it was disrespectful. It made no sense because the real issue is that she doesn't like to be inconvenienced by travel to us but expects everyone else to be inconvenienced to see her. Never mind that she is retired and she travels to luxury locations all the time for long visits. She is selfish in lots of other ways, though, so it makes total sense.[/quote]
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