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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You mean DH would rather you have an unpleasant time than stand up to his parents. There's already conflict! It's between you and your DH. Stop protecting him from this reality.

Let him deal with managing the kids on his own and either his parents will be ok with bad behavior, or he'll see that this sucks without you to make it work.[/quote]

Yes, there is frequent conflict with DH over the frequency with which we see them and spending every holiday with them. But I guess DH prefers to argue with me rather than have his mom be upset and disappointed at him. [/quote]
Maybe break this down a little bit since to me the frequency with which you see them and spending every holiday with them can be tackled separately. If you are seeing them weekly I would absolutely draw the line and limit my visits to them to once a month. Your DH can go visit them weekly with the kids and give you some down time. Then I would create a holiday schedule like some of the other PPs have suggested, maybe just go for dessert on Thanksgiving, limit the time you spend at either the Christmas Eve or Christmas Day gathering and completely skip the other. [/quote]

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