Does having overnight company make you physically ill?

frazzled1
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:39:50 +0000

I don’t know how I almost missed this thread - I am the poster child for avoiding overnight visits (hosting or guesting). My sympathies to all of you with relatives who expect to sleep over! Missypie, your ILs really do seem to take the cake - sleeping in the car in a Wal-Mart parking lot on the way to your house so they wouldn’t have to pay for a hotel??? I don’t think there’s anything to be done - congrats on managing to stay married. :)

A few years ago I posted a similar thread and got lots of support and ideas for introducing hotels as a home-away-from-home - you might find it helpful: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/357086-out-town-relatives-dilemma.html

We’ve since had husband’s family up for d3’s graduation. His parents stayed in our room, which is the best option for older guests because of location, having its own bathroom, etc. Our older daughters, who drove 6 hours to get here, stayed in a hotel (and loved it). Husband and I tolerate visits but avoid them when we can because there’s just no way his parents will stay in a hotel - they find the notion insulting. I wonder what they’re going to do when our ds get married far from home?

I, too, am an introvert, and pretending that I want to make conversation with MIL at 6:30 AM when I really just want to read the newspaper is pretty close to torture.