do any of you find that its difficult to balance time between your in home family and the inlaws? I'm having a problem lately with my mom. She lives only 20minutes away from my DH and I. She is my best friend so i spend lots of time with her especially when my hubby is busy with work or going and doing his own thing. When my husband gets time off from work, like he is tomorrow, i want to spend time with him. When i tell my mom that i wasn't going to make it tomorrow to hang out she gave me this attitude. I feel so guilty and i feel torn at times. My husband is great about it and spends lots of time with my mom as well but sometimes we want to just hang out and i can't expect him to always go over there. does anyone else feel the same or been in similar situations with other family members?
balancing family time
- Thread starter kariev
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CollinsMom
Cathlete
I agree with Kate!!
banslug
Cathlete
Kariev-I feel for you, but agree with Kate. My parents live only 5 minutes away, and when DH was alive, my parents (mom specifically) was here quite a bit after the kids were born. They were walking into our home without knocking. DH was good about it too, but it got tiring after a while. So I just had to be blunt with my mom. She was hurt at first, but then understood. Be honest, she'll understand.
Gayle
Gayle