Have you been able to successfully opt out of dreaded annual family trip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the feedback, I will continue to suck it up. I guess I just wanted to whine a bit, but I know that continuing with the status quo is the right thing to do.

I'm the first suck it up poster. Just want to be clear that I don't think you need to LIKE it - just that you need to DO it. You're certainly free to whine about it! Though would recommend keeping the whining to your husband to a minimum, just because then you don't earn as many relationship brownie points.

And certainly agree you should do whatever to can to make the trip more fun for you while you're there (solo outings / good bottle of wine / new books to read - whatever sounds good to you.)

[Anonymous]

$6000 for a week? Where are you going? Out of the country? There has to be a cheaper way. Could you drive?

[Anonymous]

How the hell does a trip for 4 to Florida cost $6000?

[Anonymous]

OP, I think when your kids get a little older you can opt out. Do you work? I would fake some kind of important work thing that conflicts with the trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think when your kids get a little older you can opt out. Do you work? I would fake some kind of important work thing that conflicts with the trip.

++ this works, I did it when I really didn't want to attend/couldn't afford to attend a big IL event. I sent DH and our oldest child