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[quote=Anonymous]DH's brother and his wife are extremely unorganized and have no sense of time.  They usually give us a max of 3 days heads up for planned visits, and even then we don't know when exactly they'll come.

This summer, we had a big bday party for my son.   MIL and FIL had flown in the Monday before.  We expected BIL's family of 5 to drive in and arrive on Thursday afternoon.  They arrived on Saturday morning.  They wouldn't commit to a departure date (also typical for them).  They ended up leaving the following Saturday, which was great for the our kids but I was definitely "over" their visit.

The kids (elem through high school aged) would all wake up around 9/10am and I'd make breakfast for everyone.  BIL/SIL would come down at noon expecting a fresh breakfast.  Around 2pm they'd decide on an activity for the day, and by 3pm they'd be just about ready to head out the door.  I would raise the issue of lunch (because the kids ate breakfast at 10am) and SIL would say "oh no, we just ate.  I'm still full!"  I had to remind her on 3 separate days that the kids ate much earlier than she did, and needed to eat lunch.  Meanwhile the kids are bored and starved because their parents can't get their act together.  A few days in, I figured out the timing problem, and would take the kids out in the mornings so they at least get to stretch their legs rather than sit around for 5 hours waiting for their parents to get ready.[/quote]

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