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re: Wife is mad because I won't go to in laws twice in three weeks
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:16 pm to LouisianaLady
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:16 pm to LouisianaLady
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Honestly, for me, the drive just adds insult to injury. Expecting grown adults, especially without children, to sleep over at your home 10 to 12 times a year for multiple nights is pretty crazy.
I did see that OP clarified this isn’t really something her parents are demanding or expecting, but rather something his wife is stuck on.
OP, if I were you, I would sit down with her when you’re not fighting about it and just explain your mismatched expectations. Maybe you can come to a compromise. Personally, I think the frequency you’re going would be too much, but I realize everybody treats seeing family in person differently. Maybe that is your compromise.
I thought going once a month was a good compromise, I'm actually shocked how many folks are saying to just go
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:12 pm to SidewalkTiger
Everyone’s different. Maybe that’s a real compromise for y’all, and that’s fair. 
It would be an incompatibility for me personally to go sleep at anyone's house that often. With kids, MAYBE. Maybe. But without? No way.
I could maybe see it if they live somewhere cool and y’all make a fun weekend out of it, but even then I wouldn’t need that monthly. If you’re just sitting in the house looking at each other all weekend, brutal.
Like I said earlier, I feel it is possible to maintain a very close and healthy relationship with your family members by regularly talking to them on the phone and seeing them just occasionally.
It would be an incompatibility for me personally to go sleep at anyone's house that often. With kids, MAYBE. Maybe. But without? No way.
I could maybe see it if they live somewhere cool and y’all make a fun weekend out of it, but even then I wouldn’t need that monthly. If you’re just sitting in the house looking at each other all weekend, brutal.
Like I said earlier, I feel it is possible to maintain a very close and healthy relationship with your family members by regularly talking to them on the phone and seeing them just occasionally.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:27 am to SidewalkTiger
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I thought going once a month was a good compromise, I'm actually shocked how many folks are saying to just go
It is a good compromise. I'm advising going unless the fallout of not going is worth it to you.
I think it's too much driving in too short a time frame, and the conversation needs to be had afterward. This needs to be a one time deal, not a pattern.
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