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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry if you think it's unfair that some of us have more but that's just the way it is. DH is a lobbyist on the healthcare side and makes 7 figures. We've always held travel as a priority because he and I grew up in families where travel was a priority and we feel international exposure is the best education we can provide our two children. Yes, we do at least two international trips per year, 1-2 weeks each, and at least four domestic trips per year, usually to Park City, southern Utah, or the Bay Area. [b]Yes, I'm proud that my children have only experienced business class when traveling[/b]. I'm happy we can provide this for them. What do you want me to say? [/quote]

We also travel a lot, because it's important to us, we are fortunate enough to be able to afford it, and we are foreign so we go back to our home country often to see friends and family. But the bolded makes me cringe. We do often fly business class on longhaul flights because getting sleep on the flight makes a big difference to us in terms of our enjoyment of the trip. But I am always uncomfortable about our children having absurd expectations of travel (I grew up traveling a lot too but usually not business class, and when we were older, my parents would sometimes fly business and we kids would fly at the back) and fly economy for all shorthaul travel and as parents we think a lot about how to ensure that we don't raise entitled kids because of the experiences they are having. Have you thought about this?[/quote]

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