THE POSTER CAME HOME FROM BURYING A FATHER

The poster came home from burying a father to find two in-laws still packed and headed for the door anyway.

For three weeks, the poster's mother-in-law and father-in-law had been staying with the family, helping watch a toddler while the poster and their wife were in the hospital welcoming their second child. It was supposed to be a long, useful stretch: the newborn, the C-section recovery, the toddler, the extra hands.

Then the poster's father suddenly became very ill.

The poster flew back to be with him. Before leaving, the mother-in-law reportedly promised that she, and possibly the father-in-law too, would stay a few extra days at no cost. She was retired, with no obligations for months, and they were already there. That was the plan, or so the poster thought.

The father died the first day the poster was back home.

That same day, the in-laws said they could not extend their stay after all.

According to the poster, there was no real explanation. Just that they were "tired" and "wanted to go home." No apology. No discussion. They had said they would push their flight back, then did not: the poster later clarified that they "did NOT stay extra days" and left on the flight they had originally planned.

The timing left the poster reeling. They had to leave their hometown and their grieving mother just 36 hours after their father died. Back at home, they were suddenly carrying a newborn and a toddler while in complete shock and utter exhaustion.

The poster later added that the wife was less than two weeks out from a C-section and physically could not handle both children alone, which is why the poster had to return at all. The in-laws had only been the primary caretakers for the toddler during the three days the couple was in the hospital.

Now the in-laws want to visit again in less than a month. The poster says they feel "uncomfortable" and "overwhelmed" by the idea, especially after being left "high and dry" at the worst possible moment. The wife agrees the in-laws' actions were awful, but won't say anything to them and expects the poster to "just accept them visiting."

The poster, meanwhile, is still trying to sort through what happened: a promised extension that never happened, a father's death, and a rapid return to newborn duty with no room to breathe.