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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not really a question just a vent. DH and I are in the NYC suburbs and have two young children - a toddler and a baby born this summer. We both have grown siblings who live in other parts of the country, although his parents are local (mine are not). We told everyone earlier that we weren't up for traveling this year and secretly just looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving at home with our little nuclear family. DH's parents will be traveling to visit his sibling for Thanksgiving, but we are fine not spending a holiday with them this year as we see them all the time. My parents are great on paper but are just a lot to handle in more than small doses, they expect to be waited on hand and foot and want to be "helpful" but are anything but.

Well my parents just can't help themselves and "felt bad that we would be all alone" so also decided to come for Thanksgiving (they are already coming a few weeks later for Christmas) and invite my sister (who I am not close with), her husband and their toddler. I told them they can make whatever travel plans they want but we only have 1 small guest room and gave them a few hotel options, to which they replied they would be fine staying on an air mattress (presumably making me move my kids around to free up one of their rooms) and they were very upset. WTH?!? Just because they are "fine on an air mattress" does not mean I am fine having uninvited overnight house guests (4 adults and an extra toddler) for 4 days?!?

They also asked if we could take them into the city on Wednesday or Friday and give them a tour as there "isn't much to do" in our suburb. I told them to knock themselves out as I will be busy still working and preparing for the 8 person meal I never signed up to host. UGH.  [/quote]

I would just tell them this doesn't work and they cannot stay at your house and you cannot take them to the City at all.    If they get angry then so be it.  They are ridiculous.[/quote]

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