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[quote=Anonymous]Your brother did the same thing you guys have always done, and you didn’t communicate well ahead of time that things need to be different. From now on, you can: A) Not fly out to visit them (or cut back to every other year or whatever) B) Invite them to visit YOU if they ask or protest, and explain that your financial landscape is different now C) ***Communicate AHEAD OF TIME*** that your financial landscape has changed, the cost of airfare is steep, and you need to go low-cost on meals, activities, etc., so that your portion of the costs are lower. This will give him the opportunity to step up and say of course of course, we’ll pay for X and Y, or at the very least he can go for low-cost options with an eye to budgeting. Point is: open your mouth and COMMUNICATE, because of course people will do what has always been done unless you SPEAK UP if things need to change.[/quote]
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