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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, take the trip. If they pull “you have to do what we say because we have you xyz” tune them out.

Although I will say I have both an aunt and a sibling who have beach houses and I no longer stay at their houses even though they are fabulous houses because I dont want to deal with their nastiness and feel tied to them. So I get what you mean. It’s like, I’m rich and you’re not so you have to cater to me bs.[/quote]

This, this is why I turn down "gifts" from my family. Any gift from my family has the understanding that you owe me and no amount of thank you's in writing and verbally are enough. You must kiss the ring and tell everyone of my generosity and then you owe me favors or I will guilt trip you and call you selfish. Nope. Some people use gifts" as instruments of torture. Yeah, I got the promise a gift was just a gift too until it wasn't. I actually have hated gifts my whole life because of this dance. All I can think when I get one is "what do you want from me and what do you think I owe you." I forbid gifts from my family for this very reason.[/quote]

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