I've finally had to be very blunt to my niece.
Harking back quite a while, she's the one who "loves to drive and visit family". Mostly uninvited and tend to plaster herself onto the unfortunate recipient of her visit.
She told me that she was buying a home within a 3 hour drive of my home, so that she could visit every few months.
I did not want that to happen, so I finally told her that I did not enjoy being visited.
She has no friends, and depends on family - no matter how distant the family member may be. My stepbrother's grandchild was one she visited for a week. They expected her to stay only overnight.
Not really a problem to solve, just a bit of a vent.
Harking back quite a while, she's the one who "loves to drive and visit family". Mostly uninvited and tend to plaster herself onto the unfortunate recipient of her visit.
She told me that she was buying a home within a 3 hour drive of my home, so that she could visit every few months.
I did not want that to happen, so I finally told her that I did not enjoy being visited.
She has no friends, and depends on family - no matter how distant the family member may be. My stepbrother's grandchild was one she visited for a week. They expected her to stay only overnight.
Not really a problem to solve, just a bit of a vent.