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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get what you're struggling with here, OP.  You literally hold all the cards.  It's your house.  Don't let people come over if you don't want to.  If they pitch a hissy, that's on them.  It's not your job to make sure they never react inappropriately to things, and their feelings aren't yours to manage.

They're trying to hand you a bag of poop.  Don't take it.[/quote]

This. Say it's not safe for them and you don't want to be responsible for them potentially catching COVID from you all. And that you will miss them so much this year.[/quote]

OP, dont listen to the posts snarking at you to let them visit. You're in the right. All these "just wipe the bathroom after they leave" etc. posters are the types who think it's fine to have people over to visit now. You're not alone in believing visits like this with people who are in the middle of a road trip are not a good idea.

Adults like your in-laws who insist they must enter your house and interact are not going to adhere to any attempt you make at distancing once they get inside the door: "Oh, sorry, I just COULDN'T resist hugging sweet little Billy but ha ha, now it's a done deal, here's a hug for Susie too!" It'll all be a joke to them. No rules apply to grandma and grandpa's hugs--right?

The fact they're doing a road trip that length, through many "reopened" states, is nutty anyway. They'll end up getting back to RI and find out they're infected. [/quote]

No, most people here have suggested meeting outdoors or at a park that has its own public restroom OP's in laws can use.  [/quote]

They can suggest that all day long but if these road trippers are as pushy as they sound, they're going to huff and puff and be offended at not being able to go into their son's house. [/quote]

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