My in laws are really lovely people so hats off to all of you who have some pretty awful people to deal with! But, as lovely as they are, they do get on my nerves occasionally.
When they were in America for the wedding everything was great with them getting from place to place (they didn't have a car, so they were on public transport), but when we were with them they were completely reliant on us and it was exhausting. We took the metro in DC from their hotel in Bethesda and got off at Metro Center. This is one of the largest (if not the largest) metro stations, so it's confusing determining which exit to take to end up on the appropriate street. We get off the train and they're all staring at me to tell them which way to go. Uh, I don't know! This is my first time in this station too! At one point it felt like we were walking in a circle. I think some snide comments were being made, but hey, they didn't try to figure out the right way to go! Trying to decide a restaurant for dinner was the same. Everyone's staring at me to make the decision, because no one else can have an opinion. The thing that is so annoying is that they are FINE when we're not there. Maybe it takes them asking someone for directions or something, but if they can get from Baltimore to Bethesda via public transportation, they can do anything! We were with them for 3 days in DC and I was exhausted by the end of it. They thought we were also going to spend the couple of days with them in Baltimore, but I nipped that in the bud.
