Dear Nicholemarie:

I would say: no, do not just suck it up. I will definitely never go on a trip with these people. The most I would do, in this situation, from the little I know of it from your post, is meet them all for a few hours during one day, or afternoon and nothing into late night, definitely nothing overnight.

If I wanted to really go out of my way for the husband, i would invite them all to my home for some socializing … early in the day/ afternoon, a few hours at the most.

anita