Re: How to avoid spending time with the in-laws
Well, if you’re not going to spend any time with the in-laws, you might as well do something that’s actually useful and contributes to your household. Your husband is away during the week so it’s not like taking care of him takes up too much of your time.
Get a full-time job so you have a very valid reason to be outside the for at least 8 hours every day. This way you’re also earning extra money. After you leave the office, then go the gym in the evening…this should take at least 1-1.5 hours. When you get home, take a shower/get freshened up (anotehr 20-30 minutes alone time). After that, keep yourself busy with housechores that need to be done…which you can’t do in the morning b/c you’re going to work. This gives you a good excuse not to sit down and watch GEO. And of course, in between all this…pretend you have a terrible headache and need to lie down, pretend you’re VERY exhausted from working all day and need to go to bed early, go see your friends at times in the evenings etc.
And if you still have too much time left after doing all the above…then take an evening or online course on a subject that interests you. That way you have the class and studying for that class as a great excuse to be by yourself at home.
But who knows…if/when you actually give the situatio a chance and get to your MIL a bit more…perhaps in a strange way you might actually enjoy it.