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OP - I do not know how old you and DW are, but perhaps it would help your mental health and your relationship with your wife to start to plan vacations which you would enjoy out of the area and with no thoughts of MIL.  Start with a weekend trip and then make plans for a week or so to places you and hopefully wife would enjoy visiting.  If you must during the time you are gone, set up an account with a reliable cab company so MIl knows if weather was not good or she did not feel up to using public transit as in cold or extreme summer heat she could call a cab.

You should be able to explain to your wife that you need time outside of the hustle and bustle of the DC area and that you also want to just have time with her, too.  If you start small then perhaps as you age, the concept of two week or even a month away a couple of times a year would develop.  part of it is building up MILs confidence that she will have access to transportation.  The other avenue to pursue would be through an agency to hire a person who would take MIL out to where she needs to go and/or perhaps be a companion of sorts for a few hours a week.  It depends on MIL's needs and your need for respite, too.  Again this is sort of a middle of the road suggestion.[/quote]

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