'I want everyone gone!': Couple forced to kick entitled in-laws out of their new home after they keep extending their stay

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 16, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Staying with one's in-laws for an extended period of time is a dangerous game. On the one hand, it's important for everyone to learn how to bond, cohabitate, and spend time together. On the other hand, there are boundaries, and sometimes, in-laws can develop a curious sense of entitlement that seems to make it impossible for them to obey those boundaries. 

If you're dealing with a decent self-aware member of the extended family, they might understand your social cues. In other words, when you yawn after a long and seemingly endless conversation, they might understand that you've had enough and you're ready for a break. However, there are some folks who feel that because they are your elders, they do not need to register your social cues or give you space if they don't want space themselves. Let's be clear: this is nothing more than a power play but you do not have to fall for it, even if you are the new person entering the family. Just because you want their approval does not mean you have to let them walk all over you and disrespect your boundaries.

This author, for instance, was able to put his foot down even when his wife wouldn't!

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  • Just two weeks after moving into their new home, this author's in-laws requested to stay with them for what was initially supposed to be a few nights. Unfortunately, three nights quickly turned into an open-ended amount of time. When the author tried to get his wife to talk to her parents about leaving them alone to their own new space sometime soon, she didn't have the guts to confront them. However, the husband eventually reached his breaking point! 

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    "AITA for kicking my wife’s family out after they kept extending their stay?"

    We just bought a house 2 weeks ago. We're not even fully unpacked, when my wife's parents said "hey next month can we come stay 3 nights over the weekend?" It would be her mom,
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    dad and the two youngest siblings. The week they asked they changed their mind, packed the car and just drove here. They got here on a Sunday and said we're only staying 3 nights. Then
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    2 nights into it said we want to stay 1 more night. Now her sister wants to come up here and spend the weekend. This whole week there's a few people staying over. I WANT EVERYONE
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    GONE. I'm working late to not come home. My routine is gone. I need to mow and do other house chores. They keep our toddler up late and just sit at the table drinking beer. Yeah sure they bought us some great house gifts
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    and I feel twisted. I do care about them and want my wife's family and want her to see them. Am I the a hole for telling my wife never to do this again and asking them to leave early? Also never allow people to stay here during the week when I have to go to work?
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    glamorouslionsurg... 5h ago . NTA. You don't have an in- law problem, you have a wife problem. Why is she allowing her family to invade your brand new home, a home you've been in for only
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    TWO WEEKS? Her job is to manage her family and protect your new life together. Instead, she's letting them turn it into a free-for-all hotel. You need
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    to have a serious talk with HER. The two of you are a team, and she's letting the other team run all over you.
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    FinanciallySecure9 4h ago NTA. It's totally understandable. But maybe tone it down a bit, especially if you haven't said anything to them about this.
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    Maybe tonight, at dinner, instead of avoiding them, you open a conversation about the date they plan to leave. Let them know you would like your home back.
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    To them it's a house. But to you, it's your home. Big difference. You deserve to live in peace.
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    Don't ask them to leave, instead, tell them something like, "it has been great having you here, thanks for coming. We will be needing to resume our regular life
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    before the weekend, so I'd like to do a final farewell on Thursday evening. What kind of food would you like?"
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    People can only take advantage of you if you let them. Stop letting them.
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    . OptimistPrime527 • 5h ago NTA. Your wife needs to tell them it's time to dip.
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    Moron-Whisperer ⚫5h ago NTA. Only issue I have is your spouse should have did it instead of you. Got a problem with her family, tell her and ask her to take care of it. She should do the same to yours.
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    . Fair_Theme_9388 · 5h ago NTA, but have you even talked to your wife about it? Is she annoyed with the situation at all?
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    Either way, she needs to be the one to tell them to leave, and also have the conversation that they can't just show up and stay during the week unplanned.
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    Commercial_Bloo... . 4h ago Remember this is Reddit bud and you're going to have to live with whatever decision you make, so all these people stating NTA won't have to deal with the fallout
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    from this. Meaning they can say you're in the right all they want, that doesn't mean that's how your wife will see it. You better have a discussion with to her
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    before you do anything, and realize this might be how her family operates, in which case you could inspire a negative reaction even suggesting they leave.
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    Personally I'd want them to leave at this point to, but that doesn't mean it's going to sit well with the wife. You know her better than any of us, think about how you think she'll react and then plan accordingly.
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