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[quote=Anonymous]Dh and I want to take the kids to Italy this summer.  This includes our 3 and 4 year old and my step daughter who is 9.  We have a good relationship with dd and her mom and usually take dd on vacation with us every summer.  Never more then 7 days in the past and never out of the country.  This year we wanted to do Italy for 12 days. DH and I made the mistake of bringing it up to DD and her mom together.  DD was THRILLED and shrieking and all of that.  Her mom was nice but said "we will talk later."  She later called DH and admitted to him she wasn't comfortable with her going that far and it being that long.  She said the other vacations she was "never more then a 2 hour plane ride away" and it was never "more than a week."  This just seemed too long and too far to her.  Dh back petaled A LOT and apologized for telling and not asking and felt really bad.  He said we either can't go or we have to welcome her on the trip.  She can stay in her own hotel and just the general city of Rome and we all can meet up for dinner a few times or whatever. He said maybe she can bring her mom or something.  I am really not liking that idea but I also don't want to cancel my dream vacation.  I mentioned just taking our kids and he got very very mad.  So that seems like a no go too.  Any suggestions? I want to keep our relationship harmonious but also want to be able to plan nice trips with our kids. Legally we don't have the right to take DD more than a week at a time either so thats a dead end too. [/quote]

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