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Potential MIL Visit
Last night DH told me that MIL is starting to plan for another visit this year, oh joy. The first words out of my mouth were "So, she's staying for a week, 2 weeks tops, riiight??" DH was actually surprised that I would only allow his mom to stay for 2 weeks. I said "Remember last year?? Do you really want that again? All she's going to do is sit at home and watch Telenovella's while we're at work, so why does she need to stay longer?" We're going to Colombia later this year too, so that really means she doesn't need to stay long here.
I can tell this is going to cause several more conversations. I'm budging on this one! 
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be strong holly!!! no more epic MIL visits...we'll make protest signs
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I know its a cultural difference in this situation and your MIL thinks a nice long visit is ok, but when in Rome... don't overstay your welcome! She needs to be told NOW by your DH that her visits can be 1-2 weeks at the most.
Good luck!!
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This exactly! They take long trips all the time, it's totally the norm there, I get that. But I also had a conversation with MIL when she was here last time about how it it here in the US. Something along the lines of fish and houseguests start to stink after 3 days... On the way to the airport she even jokingly said that she looked forward to visiting for a week next time she came up, and we all laughed.
They will want us to buy the tickets, since buying them in the US means about a 50% savings (they would pay us back), and DH will want me to make the actual the actual reservations (Since I'm a native speaker and read the internets better) so I will have control over the situation.
It's just kind of frustrating that this is an issue at all. I thought this was settled last year!
haha! I meant to say that I'm NOT budging on this one!
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Holly, you need to tell your DH that you already won the wife of the century award for the epic visit.
Stay strong! Put random "No" signs around the house.
You're already going to visit. No need to make any additional trips from MIL to be any longer than YOU feel comfortable... if that's one day or one week. It's your home and YOU should come first in your home.
ha! I like this idea! It can be a two bedroom guest house, and we can stick both of our moms in there at the same time. It would be a mom cage match after a couple of days! awesome!
I'm winning in this issue, no doubt about that. There is no way she's staying longer than I want her to. I really don't care what she thinks about me or my ideas. DH has made a big deal about letting me know that it is MY house to do what I liked with/in. So since it's my house, I can say that MIL will not stay longer than 1-2 weeks. End of story.
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