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[quote=Anonymous]It seems like part of the problem is that you aren't communicating clearly with them.  Are they really asking you to prepare homemade meals from scratch for everyone 3x/day for the entire visit?  I think your DH needs to get on the phone with them and figure out what the actual ask is here, and then figure out how to execute.

Like, if they want to have a 4th cookout with traditional food and tasty homemade sides, maybe you order groceries to their place including grilling stuff and ingredients for side dishes, and the day of, you go over there in the morning and make the sides and someone grills in the afternoon.

If it's just that they're overwhelmed and can't think through how to feed everyone, then you and the other family can do some meal planning and figure out what combination of takeout/groceries makes sense.

If the actual ask is homemade meals 3x/day for ten people prepared by you, then that is clearly not reasonable, and you should tell them that.  But I doubt that is what's happening here.[/quote]

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