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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't turn it down. You make your children go and have fun with their grandparents. [/quote]

But the whole point is the kids don't think the pool is fun.

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So what??? When I was little, we went to my grandparents to visit because my parents said "hey kids, get in the car. We're going to visit your grandparents for the afternoon!" And there was NOTHING TO DO THERE but sit in their very small living room and stare at each other while the grown-ups visited. They did have one toy box with old toys from when my mom and uncle were little, but I mean like plastic toy horses, a spinning top, an old jack-in-the-box, and a few raggedy-and coloring books. We were 10 and 12 but we made due with what they had.

We would have gone WILD if they had only had a POOL! Man...we would have settled for them telling us to turn on the garden sprinkler at that point! But we did not say a thing because our parents made sure to explain that these visits were to make our grandparents HAPPY, not to "entertain" us!

Your kids are fortunate that there is at least something for them to do beyond stare at the four walls...and very spoiled that they don't appreciate that. [/quote]

+1 million, stop letting them be so entitled and call all the shots [/quote]

All of this.  It's not like they're terrified of the water or allergic to the sun.

Every time I visit my aunt she makes spaghetti, with a jar of sauce and a salad from a bag. I am bored of spaghetti with jarred sauce and salad from a bag. Spaghetti and salad isn't offensive or inedible, it's just simple and boring. The kids certainly don't get a say in it - "Aunt Larla, we're not coming over because the kids are tired of spaghetti " I can suggest we order in or I can bring stuff over, but it misses the point, which is that it makes an old woman happy to cook us some damn spaghetti.

Bonus points in her mind, if the spaghetti is a community space where she can show off her family. I have had my share of family issues with odd demands and expectations, but you are letting the kids make decisions they have no business making here.[/quote]

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