MIL has "gave" us a trip, we declined, she gave it to us again for christmas, we declined, she still will not stop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously, she already paid for the trip and is embarrassed that you said no. She’s desperate to save face.

save face with who, though? why can't MIL and her husband go, since they picked the boring location?

Probably with her husband, who maybe never wanted the timeshare.

Maybe they're in financial trouble and want to conceal it by pretending to be able to afford vacations.

Wouldn’t be a gift if it was financial trouble. I swear I don’t get why boomers are so vulnerable to timeshare schemes. Every boomer that falls for it is trying to push their adult kids into staying there so they can get their moneys worth.

Just say no, firmly, directly and as many times as it takes.

[Anonymous]

My in-laws have done this too. Except using their timeshare still costs my family $400 a day on top of flights, so it’s still really expensive! They can’t believe we don’t want to go with them every single year and can’t seem to appreciate that just because it makes sense for THEM that it doesn’t make sense for us.

I just ignore them. We’ve gone once, and it was totally fine. But they live close to us and we see them regularly, so I don’t need to spend thousands on a vacation with them also.

[Anonymous]

But even with a timeshare she wouldn't need OP to go. IT just doesn't make sense

[Anonymous]

Send her a link to one of those companies that buys out/cancels your timeshare. I never understand why people get them.