Anonymous wrote:I would say none is NOT unreasonable at all. Only old people like these and you talk to the same 5 people each time. Pass. DH should be lucky you go at all to any of them. He can go alone.

+1. Even when DH and I attend and bring our kids, there’s only one other set of kids for them to play with. Everyone else is over 60. It seems like as people age their world gets smaller. My ILs have nothing new to talk about, don’t travel, only see a couple close friends, so I think reunions are their weekend entertainment.

Tell them those reunions ”count” as some of the 4-5 visits per year or they replace the holidays. You only have a finite amount of free time and need to spread it to other family and activities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None. I’m the last survivor. I’d give a lot to be able to attend a family reunion, and appreciate it when I get invites to the family reunions hosted by close friends.

I am so sorry.

Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

It's clear that OP's husband either stumbled into this thread or the MIL did. Lol
Only one person defended these huge wastes of time.

None.