re: Wife is mad because I won't go to in laws twice in three weeks

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I’d go on this trip to keep the peace and then talk about the longer term outlook of taking that many weekend trips to see her family when you get home. That doesn’t sound sustainable to me, at least while maintaining any semblance of an independent social life.

I actually had a similar situation pop up last year with a few of my wife’s semi-optional family events lining up several weeks in a row. Thankfully we didn’t have to do as much driving as OP, but I still made it clear to my wife that between those trips and work, I wasn’t going to see any friends or my own family for a couple months. She made sure to keep our schedule more open for awhile after that.

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