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Dear Abby: My stressed DIL wants to relax in our house - I want to take grandkids out. What’s a compromise?
Dear Abby: My stressed DIL wants to relax in our house - I want to take grandkids out. What’s a compromise?
Dear Abby: My stressed DIL wants to relax in our house - I want to take grandkids out. What’s a compromise?

Published on: 06/19/2026

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When our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren visit, we want to do a lot of things and take them places. (Getty Images)

DEAR ABBY: We are grandparents. When our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren visit, we want to do a lot of things and take them places. But I often feel like I am pushing my daughter-in-law. She says her life is hectic with work and activities for the kids. She just wants to sit in my house. I want to get out.

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