Reply to Seeking productive advice for how to deal with ‘always on’ houseguests

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Seeking productive advice for how to deal with ‘always on’ houseguests"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at old family pictures or movies with them, learn family recipes from them, invite parents of some friends so they have  a good time.

Be creative, 5 days aren't that long. [/quote]

DP but my ILs are as OP describes. At least in my situation, it's not that there aren't activities that can be done, it's that they have zero interest in socializing with anyone else/helping to cook anything/doing anything except sitting, being hosted, and having adult conversation. 
And yes, 5 days is a very long time of 8am-10pm sitting around the house with the same people "chatting" and hosting, providing every meal, snack, etc. Frankly 2 days of that exhausts me.[/quote]

Think of it as a difficult project and find creative solutions.[/quote]

I don't believe that every holiday should be a "difficult project" to solve because of self-involved family members. 
Personally I'd like for me and my family to have an enjoyable time and if ILs or other family members have a very different idea of a nice time, they do not need to take 5 entire days for their nice time. 1 or 2 are sufficient. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics