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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok
Try to gently set expectations now. 
I get it, your wife has anxiety AND you have an infant, that’s a lot.
HOWEVER, your brother and SIL know you may be baby on a few outings with the group. Because even though I’m understanding, I have to be honest if I were your brother and sister-in-law and I was[b] planning a vacation[/b] and I was setting time to be baby free,  because sometimes you need to be baby free, I would be pissed as all get out if every outing included your  baby. [/quote]

You act like this is some kind of Hawaiian adults-only resort. It's a family vacation with it sounds like at least 8 adults and 2 babies crammed into one house. To expect that it's going to be some kind of wonderful adult vacation is kind of absurd. Also unclear what kind of "baby free" things they were planning to do. Casinos?  Windsurfing?  10 month old babies can go most places.  [/quote]
OP already said brother and sister-in-law referenced outings without the kids I don’t know how long you’ve been a parent but even when I had infants sometimes I wanted to do some things without them sometimes I want to go to target without my baby sometimes I wanted to go to lunch with a girlfriend without my damn baby.
 if I’m going on a vacation and some people are saying they would be willing to babysit my child for an hour or two hours or an afternoon I damn sure would to  enjoy some time away from my baby, adult time can happen at any time. You can be willing to die for your kids but still want some time free of them. :roll: 
P.S. You can take babies to Hawaii too you know :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

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