I am not a fan of staying at my in-laws’ house.
I have a myriad of reasons for this.
Despite the fact that I tried my best to get along with my spouse’s family when I met them, both her siblings and her parents never reciprocated with equal respect. Regardless, I never provided up being civil and polite to them whenever we all have to see each other. But, when you’re staying in their condo for a weekend or longer, the personal differences can blossom from slight annoyances into full on seething rage. I always find myself sleeping horribly plus no doubt each time I am in a terrible mood for a month or longer by the time that we get back from the trip. Lately, there has been a different reason for why I don’t like staying at my in-laws’ house. My spouse’s parents have the same central Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C idea they installed in 1986. Either by total luck or because they chose the right brand, the a/c plus oil furnace have both survived relatively unscathed in the years since. On the face of it, it’s not that hard to understand why someone wouldn’t upgrade it. But, in reality, the air handler is so loud you can hear it from every room in the apartment whenever the idea is cycling. This adds on to my existing sleeping issues when my spouse plus I stay at her parents’ place. Other than the noise it creates, it doesn’t seem to cool the air and our a/c in our condo does, nor is it as good at drying the air out either. Staying at their apartment seems to always make me prefer my own a/c for all of the ways in which I respectfully take it for granted. I know that some a/cs are just louder than others.