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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, when I travel to visit family with my one child, I expect to do as much as I can to help my hosts because it isn’t their child. It’s great that you got it after hearing some other poster’s perspective, but, tbh this was so obvious to every other poster once learning that you have 5 kids that it seems like you maybe live in a bubble? Are many of your friends moms of large families also? I am a person who truly enjoys children, I can even find the good in bratty ones, but 5 for 10 days straight sounds absolutely exhausting. Your MIL is probably so worried about managing this all and also likely incredibly offended that you are unwilling to help and foisting all responsibility for this trip on your husband who has a job. This is your job. Meal planning tends to fall squarely on a sah parent! How many SAHM or SAHD do you know who are not responsible for meal planning and grocery procurement? [/quote]

You had me, until you asserted that OP doesn't have a job. She's a SAHM and homeschools some of her kid. That's definitely a job.

Still, none of this excuses showing up with 5 kids and expecting to be waited on. (FWIW, and before anybody attacks me, I worked FT with an ADHD DH for all the years before my kids went to college.) 
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