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[quote=Anonymous]Every two years or so, ever since our youngest was three, we’ve done Disney vacations with my parents. It’s been over a decade since our first family trip there and my parents have aged drastically in that time and are in their mid-70s now with major medical and physical limitations. Long story short, it’s too much for them but they are sort of in denial and won’t concede to that fact, yet want to invite themselves along and then make the trip miserable for not only themselves, but also everyone else.

We are planning a 2024 trip and don’t know what to do. I don’t want to tell them we are even going, but I have to tell them we are going somewhere because I handle some things for them and my absence will be noticed. I have considered telling them we are going somewhere else, but historically we always send pics via text from the beach or wherever else we are, and they enjoy looking at our pictures when we return—how would I even circumvent such a lie? I could always say it was a last minute thing, but my parents know how far in advance things have to be planned. No way they’d buy that.

So here I am, faced with having to tell them basically that Disney vacations with them are no longer enjoyable, which is even worse! Help me figure out how to navigate this without breaking their hearts![/quote]

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