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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that she would even trust you to watch her kids is a compliment.

Saying no is such a huge kick in the face. Mainly to those kids, your kid's cousins.

You are very selfish and mean.

Not wanting to help for all these reasons! It's for the kids![/quote]

"It's for the kids!" Nope, it's so SIL and BIL can drink. If drinking and driving is their concern, that means the event is close enough to home that they could get back if they wanted to and were sober. So: SIL and BIL can go, have fun--and not drink. Done. They attend, then come home instead of drinking and overnighting.

Nothing selfish and mean about refusing, if OP's DH is clear and direct and polite about it. A request is NOT an order or a summons, it's an ask. And "no" is always an option.

Read the whole post. This isn't about OP being mean--if she were truly mean she would not be concerned about her SIL's silence and would not be posting here. Oh, as for "a huge kick in the face" "mainly to those kids" -- those kids will have no idea what's going on. Don't make out that this somehow upsets SIL's children. They're oblivious. This is about adults with a sense of entitlement who have never had to hire a sitter, expecting their relatives with a similarly aged kid to want to keep their kids overnight. Big ask. "No" is fine, and adult. Your post? Not so adult. [/quote]

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