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female
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30-35,
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writes:Hi,I’m American and we have an upcoming holiday in July that my MIL will be coming into town. I don't have any issues with my MIL but I do miss my own parents and would love to see them over the holiday weekend. My partner is normally out of town when my parents are in town because of work so he rarely has to entertain them or even speak to them. Am I outrageous for leaving him to entertain his own mother while I go out of town to visit my own parents? For reference she only comes once a year (her choice and her sons) if that and I try to see my parents 4-5x a year. He doesn’t visit her and that’s how their relationship is but my family is 18 hours away and I have limited vacation time as well. Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 June 2024): I don't think you're being unreasonable at all. You love your parents and want to see them and they live a long way so you need to seize the opportunity. Explain this to your husband and make it clear it's not a rejection of your mother in law. I hope he and his mother understand. She might even be pleased to have him to herself.
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