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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't school starting?  Shouldn't you be going home?  Are you in the DMV?[/quote]

Yes we’re going home soon, for the start of school.  happy to be leaving soon, trying to relax this last week.   I don’t actually think anyone is having a terrible time, just petty complaints all around.   Also my uncle has a way of pressing people to see what’s bothering them, so he probably pressed my parents for some Complaints the same way he presses me.   I’m so over him.   [/quote]

Nah, you've overstayed your welcome. You are so cavalier about staying there so long, I wonder if you're a less than delightful guest. I wouldn't respond at all to uncle but would make plans to leave in the next day or two.[/quote]

I’m willing to agree that we are less than delightful guests some of the time.  5 weeks IS a long time to stay, and no guest is going to be “on” for 5 straight weeks while dealing with the hum drum of the every day remote work life and kid life and life life.   But we were invited for much longer (8 weeks) even given a guilt trip about not staying the entire summer.  So yes I’m cavalier about it because in the context that I’m living, this is not overstay our welcome. That said, our trip ends on Saturday.  [/quote]

Sometimes things change. Maybe in theory 8 weeks sounded great, but in reality it's not working out. There are tensions, nerves get frayed, and everyone gets on each other's nerves. I don't think you get to be "cavalier" about being a rude guest in someone else's house even when you get called out on it by another relative because your parents may be too meek to say something direct to you. But, all you seem to want to consider is how terrible uncle is, not how terrible and taxing your own behavior may be on your parents who have been putting up with the morning beast for 5 long weeks.[/quote]

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