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[quote=Anonymous][quote]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, 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.

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]

Sort of. Which is why I happily play good aunt for 2 days, and then get out of there. I can’t do unicorns at 6am every day of my vacation though (but do try to go there at least a little bit) - but those conversations aren’t nearly as endearing when it’s other people kids (even my nieces and nephews) as they were when they were my own. I was much more inclined to savor that.[/quote]

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