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[quote=Anonymous]Mainly a vent. Sister had planned family Bar Mitzvah in Israel. Many family member strongly requested they not do this (expense, travel time, vacation time, etc) considering entire immediate family is local. At the end of the day, I (aunt), one uncle, and both sets of grandparents agreed to go.  Knowing that a financial deadline was passing last week, I discussed the trip with my mother who said she was definitely  not going and had talked to the other grandparents (sharing concerns as fellow 70 year olds) who were also not going.  As in, they were already working on cancelling the plane tickets and hotels (the expenses left to guests) But, they still wanted to “wait and see what was going to happen” Ie,put  off telling the hosting family so they wouldn’t upset them. I decided that, if it were me, I’d rather save the 1000’s of dollars of tour and meal expense per guest. It seemed selfish wait when I could see the writing on the wall. So, I told sister last week that I was pulling out.

Fast forward. Sister not speaking to me. Both sets of grandparents expressing how disappointed they are that they can’t go. We are being left out of new local planning and being accused of ruining event. [/quote]

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