After years of hosting her in-laws for marathon-length visits—cooking, accommodating, and biting her tongue—one menopausal Aussie finally hit her limit.

But when she offered a generous compromise, it wasn’t good enough.

Read on for the story.

MIL refuses to only visit for 3 wks (she wants 6wks) in Airbnb paid by us

Major guilt getting piled on here.

We live in Australia In laws live in Czech. My husband moved from Czech in his 30s.

For 6 visits my in laws stayed with us for 6-7wks. Over 15yrs.. I would do all the cooking etc. We had a spare car we lent them etc.

Yikes.

Current situation- our kids are teens and they don’t know how to interact with them. No contact except a birthday card, Christmas card so no real relationship.

My parents aren’t well – need my help and love close to me.

I’m menopausal now – tired and no longer people pleasing.

Recipe for disaster.

So I said that they can’t stay with us (too stressful – mil is hard work) but we will pay for an Airbnb for 3 wks.

We are now getting the silent treatment…..

AITA?

Reddit was firmly on her side, with users applauding her boundary-setting and generosity.

Paying for three weeks in an Airbnb isn’t stingy—it’s a gift. Especially after 15 years of emotional labor!

This person says screw them.

This person has a respectful suggestion.

And this one has jokes and a question.

She offered three free weeks of peace—but MIL wanted six and a guilt trip too.

Yikes.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.