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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't think you are awful at all for feeling the way you do.   If your husband travels a lot, you guys don't get much chance to be all together as a family, and houseguests one weekend each month os a lot, even it they are your parents!

I also think it is odd that your parents are just one hour away yet come for two nights!   Do they otherwise appear to have lives of their own?

I think you have many many options available to you to try to keep your parents close and appreciate them, yet get more quiet time/family time with your kids.

For example -- what about all those nights your husband is traveling?  What about letting your folks take the kids at their place some of those nights?  (Giving you a break) or a regular Friday night sleepover once a month, instead of having them stay with you?

I would also consider farming out some child related weekend things that you don't particularly enjoy doing and have them take the kids to do that (I would ask my mom to take my kids to get their haircuts and go shoe shopping, or to the once a month Home Depot or Michael's kid craft workshops.)

Ask your parents to not come until Sat afternoon and then take the kids to church on Sun.

Ask mom or Dad to make Sunday brunch or dinner.  Or go to their house once a month for Sunday dinner.

Just figure out what would make your life better and ask for that,

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