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[quote=Anonymous]My husband's family is like this too and it is stressful. A lot of it is talk, a need to always be in motion, appearing busy and on top of things, and to comment when other people miss the mark. I handle this by doing the proverbial "gray rocking" and "dropping the rope" and also have a lot of pretend work emergencies. We spend so much time with my ILs that I feel a little robbed of my own family's go-with-the-flow way of living, and it makes me sad that my kids don't have that experience. But OP you are asking about a specific trip, and I wonder if it would work to maybe engage in planning on their time frame, but include in the plan some specific blocked-out down days where the pretend formal plan is to let the kids sleep in, then bake cookies at home and watch X movie (you can always opt out or change the exact activities day-of). [/quote]
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