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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They go visit their families. (Which my ILs are upset about. They wish we spent all our annual leave visiting them instead of vacations.)[/quote] Not to get too off track here -- but I do think that a lot of the conflict over family vacations you see on here is a result of income differences. When I was a kid, we camped or stayed with my Grandparents on vacation. My Grandparents had a lake house (a rustic cabin, not fancy at all) and we spent a ton of time there when I was a kid. Now maybe our parents have the same expectation, and instead we're now off to Europe etc. But that's the answer to your question -- camp or stay with family. The only time I went to the beach as a kid was when we visited family who lived driving distance away (but not really near) the beach. We'd drive over to the beach for the day. When I was poor and new to DC, we'd drive to Rehoboth for the day. Leave early and get back late, tired and sunburned, but we had a great time. [/quote] I completely agree. We have a lot of conflict with DH's family over our vacations. We only get one vacation a year, so it's not like we have tons of annual leave. We spend it how we want. We invite grandparents and only my parents ever come with us. His family wants us to camp with them. They grew up camping with their own grandparents or spending their annual leave on staycations with grandparents.... I don't have the leave for that. [/quote]
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