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[quote=Anonymous]1 hour is not that far away.  I understand wanting to spend time with the grandkids but why on earth do they need to spend a long weekend at your house once a month?

That requires you to be at home - all weekend- every 4th weekend (you can't make any other plans because the folks are coming).  It requires you to have guest bed changed and ready for them, extra towels, extra food...no matter how much you love them it's work for you.  What happens when the kids want to do a sport or some other activity on the weekends and/or they simply want to have their friends over?  Will they be required to miss games/practice/play dates/sleepovers once a month to spend time with their grandparents?

Don't get me wrong, I think that it is wonderful that your folks want to spend time with their grandkids - do encourage that and don't stand in the way of it.  But these long weekends are excessive and are only possible because they do live such a short distance away from you.  An hour is not that far of a drive, they should be making day trips to your house on convenient (for everyone!) weekends.  Also, you could save them the drive and make day trips to their house.

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