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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have DH respond to her last reply by saying that your family will secure backup childcare until she returns on (specified date) and will cover three of the days she is gone as bereavement leave. Then ask her to let him know how she would like to cover the remaining time: PTO or unpaid leave so he can prepare her next paycheck. [/quote] +1 This is a very professional way of stating the situation and being firm but not cold. I'd hesitate to use any language like "I hate to make this time more stressful" or "I'm sorry" because you don't want to set the tone for you being in the wrong. It's easy (especially when emotional) to take a phrase like that and begin thinking "Yeah, she should be sorry!" or "It is stressful, that bitch!" And I also agree with not assuming that she's taking advantage. You have no idea what her family is like - what if her mother has mental or emotional problems that make a sad situation catastrophic?[/quote]
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