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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I max out after 2 days with my sister and her family in this situation (my kids are 7 and 9, hers are 9, 6, 3, and 3). Your kids are of an age where vacations can be relaxing and enjoyable. Theirs are not.

Unless your idea of vacation is doting on other people’s kids (which it doesn’t sound like it is, but might be for some) and you are highly tolerate of noise/crying/whining/not having uninterrupted conversations, I wouldn’t do it, unless you LOVED these people, DHs would be equal partners with kids and give you time off, and logistics were such that you’d get some private family time.

For my sister (whose husband is a little useless), having DH and I there provides an opportunity to shirk some of her own kid responsibilities. I get it, having 4 kids hanging off her all the time is exhausting and she needs a break,  [u]but it’s frustrating to spend my time off having someone else’s kids dumped on me on and off the whole time or being the bad guy if I say no or want to drink my coffee without engaging in enthusiastic conversations about unicorns[/u]. [/quote]

Understood.

But one day they'll be grown up, and you'll be old and maybe circling-the-drain, and would give anything to have that time back.  [/quote]

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