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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. My child has actually spend the night at their house before. Once. Before I knew the extent of the issues.

I'm afraid having the cousin sleep over will make reciprocation necessary. [/quote]
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You tell SIL this:  "Look I'm going to be frank with you. You know we love little Petey and are so glad that he and Oscar are so close. Petey is welcome at our house any time. But as things stand now, with Billy Bob's drug use and the fact that there are guns in this house, I'm saying NO to having Oscar stay here overnight. That's our decision as his parents and until this situatoin changes, that will remain the answer."

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NP here.  I'm going to chime in on the side of honesty here as well.  Be as diplomatic as you can, don't do it around the kids, try not to sound like you're attacking her personally, but be frank and direct. She'll be either pissed off or mortified but at least you won't be doing the bob-and-weave anymore, and she's unlikely to keep trying.[/quote]

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