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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but YTA.

You offered your parents a choice - they have chosen July. It's also better for your sister. So go in July!

You seem oddly attached to NOT working around your sister's schedule. She loves you. She wants to see you. She has done the hard work of travel whenever she can. She wants you to be involved in her children's lives. For your kids to know her kids, and she's not just talking - she's walking the walk, having traveled a lot to see you and your family. This is her first baby! You missed the baptism, for completely reasonable reasons, but she wants you there for her daughters first birthday. She's not "being manipulative" - she's trying to spend time with you, to have family events.

Now, obviously, you're not required to turn your life upside down for her. But you're planning two trips this year, and your plan was the present this information, fait accompli, to her, after consulting with your parents. Why not reach out to her and take her preferences into account as well? You're just making it so obvious that you travel to see your parents, and your sister just happens to live there too so you'll see her maybe if it works out. Sheesh. [/quote]

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