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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a recipe for exhaustion. Your parents visit for "weeks" then you head up the ILs for 5 days, then return to your parents in your home then go back to the Ils for another week.

I would slit my own throat with a butter knife first.

You need to tell your parents you're sticking with the original plan. This is not "their" year for Christmas, so they'll have to go it alone.

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Sorry to be vague. My parents are coming for 9 days. Not weeks.

We weren't planning on staying at the inlaws so long for Christmas, but Obama gave us the 26th off (we're essential employees and couldn't take off) and now there's pressure to stay longer. [/quote]

I think you need to put your foot down about only seeing the in laws for a couple days over Christmas. You saw them at thanksgiving, you'll see them again over new years. That is plenty! Plus it doesn't sound like spending the weekend after Christmas is some long standing family tradition and you're just now pulling the plug. Obama just gave you the day off a few days ago! And these people make you come to them to have a second Christmas on years that it's your family's turn?? They seriously seem like bullies. See them for Christmas as planned and then har a second Christmas with your family. They make you do the same thing for them so surely they will understand. [/quote]

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