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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My patents in law have passed on now but l enjoyed vacations at their beach house. Everyone got to do what they wanted, except we had dinner together.  They were such sweet people.

Not sure why I’m writing this.  Not to brag, just feeling nostalgic.  [/quote]

I'm feeling better after reading all these threads. We have a beach house and adult kids (but no grandkids) and sometimes we do group activities and sometimes people are on their own. Of course we are working during the day, and most of our visitors are on vacation so that helps the dynamic. All we ask is that the kids/guests let us know if they will be having dinner at home. Not to say it's all roses - my mother comes and is definitely the commenter type, and of course also thinks we spend too much money. But I've learned to try to ignore it.

Other than the kids, we have learned that 3 days is the right length of time for guests. After 3 days I need time to decompress, restore some calm in the house, and get off the meal prep/dishwashing treadmill. So that might argue for shorter trips OP.[/quote]

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