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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are on a tight budget (example: he had 100k student loan debt we pay double on each month, $1k, we have never taken a family vacation other than driving short distances with a 1 and 3 year old, got married at city hall and never did a honeymoon, I work weekends to avoid childcare costs)
His parents inherited a 2 bedroom 1 bath patio home across the country, in the desert, involving a whole day of flying and layovers, that would cost us $4-5k total. They used to live a car ride away and retired early to do this.
The pressure on us to visit is astounding and my husband is caving to the pressure. They won't fly to visit us because *they* can't afford it either. 
What should we do? [/quote]

When Southwest has a fare sale (today is the last day of the current sale!), you have a few options:

1) DH buys two tickets and takes the 3yo by himself. He'll never want to travel without you again.
2) Both you and the grandparents split the cost of grandparents flying to you (truly, fares are like $202 from BWI to San Jose right now, and $89 from BWI to Michigan, so it really is a great deal) 
3) OR, you set a very firm schedule of you will visit them once every 2 or 3 years, and save up to make good on it. If they want to see you more than that, they come to you.

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