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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Tell your wife the sister in law should watch your kids for a few hours on every weekend so you can spend time with each other. It's only fair since she is watching her kid for free.
Then if the sister in law says no, your wife will be annoyed and maybe stop watching her kid. Or the sister in law says yes and you get some alone time.
Win win.
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I like this solution, just depends on whether or not it'll fly.
But like undercoverbrother said...that fight will be mighty hard to win.
Family can really GYG sometimes. My boss got married last year, and both he and his wife wanted a smaller ceremony with no kids at the wedding. So he tells his dad, "I don't want any kids at the wedding, so please tell our relatives not to bring them", and naturally, his parents didn't really like that idea. So then his dad conveniently "forgets" to convey that message, and lo and behold, they "couldn't possibly" leave the kids at home, because the flights were booked, blah blah blah.
Moral of the story...when it comes to family, often times, you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.