Everyone in my dad's workplace (youknow, in india) is obsessed with baby sequins. Or my dad is and they politely listen and feign enthusiasm because he is the boss, lol.
i haven't read the replies, so i'm probably wrong but i'm voting not weird. my mom wants to "show off" the boys at her job every time we go to CT. she looks SO happy and proud and her coworkers pretend to care. it's very sweet.
Well, your H still works there so it's his kids coming to visit, right? I don't think that's weird. I've never had a grandkids visit, but I don't think I'd be bothered by it.
No, sorry for the confusion -- MIL's H still works there.
Does your FIL only work weekday shifts? If yes, then I'm on the Hell No bus for you guys taking a vacation day from work to drive your kid to meet a bunch of strangers. However, if he works weekends (or if some of his friends do and he could go in during their lunch or something) and you would be going to visit them anyway some weekend, I would be willing to stop by for 20 minutes to let people coo over your DS. They're proud and want to brag about him, but that doesn't mean you should take a day off work to enable it.
He does work some Saturdays, and I presume that she imagined this on one of those days. I'm still not doing it, though. Lol. I'm glad I know that most ppl think it's normal/nice, so I won't sound incredulous. Lol. I'm just way too territorial about our weekends to use that much time indulging it.
I don't think it's weird. My mom works at a library, so it's a little different, but it is like the highlight of her life when I bring my kids in. She shows them off to everyone. It's for her, her co-workers do not care. Actually, they probably did when they were little babies but at 3 and 5 they don't care. I do it to make my mom happy.
I don't think it's that weird, it would just annoy me to have to do it. We stop by the police station to see my dad when we are in town sometimes, but it's not an hour away from my parents' house and he works evening hours so sometimes that's the only way we get to see him. If MIL asked me to bring the kids up to her office, I'd be annoyed just because it would put me out a lot more than going to my dad's work.
Not weird, I remember visiting my grandma and my aunt at work when I was little. The when i worked at my aunts office one summer tons of people who had been there over 15 years were all like "I remember when you were so little!!!!!"
I was replying from coworker perspective that I wouldn't find it weird. I do agree that there's nothing wrong with you not wanting to do it though. I wouldn't shut it down though. I'd just tell DH to have fun and let me know what day he picks so I can book a massage and pedicure.