No matter how clean I keep my home, my in-laws make it a point to find fault with everything. And when it comes to their place they don't even mop and broom the house for a week. The problem is, each time they make a plan to come to us, my husband drives me crazy to make the house sparkling instead of telling his parents to keep shut. How do I tell my husband to ignore it and do not ruin the peace at home for all this?

umm....did you just tell me what i go through when my in-laws visit? wow...crazy similarities - hence proven you are not alone ;) I used to suffer from severe, and i mean, severe panic and anxiety attacks each time my in-laws would come to visit. they would find fault with every single thing, and nothing was ever good. the worst part was that they would mess up the house and still blame me and moan about it. but now, i have let it be. if they like what they see, it's fine. if they don't, it's their issue not mine. tell your husband to either tell his parents to stop cribbing, or if they find it annoying, to clean up themselves, as this is supposed to be their home too.