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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - if they come over early I won’t say anything about it and will be perfectly polite 
I just genuinely think it should be ok to ask anyone - family included - to come to your house at a certain time if you are entertaining - esp around the holidays. I didn’t say it to be mean - I genuinely thought they’d be fine with it
And for the last time no one was ever trying to make anyone drive in the dark who doesn’t want to drive in the dark. It gets dark at 5 so arriving at 4 is not driving in the dark [/quote]

Honestly asking: do you not work?

DH and I both work. We finally have a day off—today. (I got off a few hours early yesterday.) My parents arrive at around 4 p.m. to spend a few days with us. DH and I are finishing up last-minute preparations today, like making up the bed in the guest room, running laundry to get towels ready for them. I did a final grocery run at 8 a.m. After lunch, I’m going to make a crock pot dinner. DH is going to go out in the garage and finish wrapping Santa gifts out there while my kids watch a new movie. The point is, our day to finish preparing for our guests is…the day our guests arrive. If the doorbell rang hours early, I would be a little annoyed because we still have stuff to do. When my parents or ILs make plans with us, we all stick to the plan, because we respect each others’ time. [/quote]

Oh I’m so sorry! I misread. I thought you said “it should be OK that they arrive at any time.” I think I confused your post with someone else’s.[/quote]

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