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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I don't think THIS visit is what's important. What's important is she's telling you that you don't treat them equally. Hotel stay may be the answer.[/quote]

I just don't agree with this. We pay for her to visit 3x a year. We have paid and invited her on several family vacations, as well as pay for every outing and meal we do with her. This is not a situation at all where she babysits the kids either, it is purely for her to spend time with them.When we see her, I plan things all day with her to spend quality time with the kids. I have arranged and paid for professional photography for her and my children yearly. I feel I do a lot to show her she is important, but again, she is just the type of person no matter what you do, it isn't enough. We have also encouraged her to move near us if she wants to and helped her look for positions here but ultimately she decided against it which is fine but I think the effort was their on our part.  Our kids are actually closer with her than they are with my FIL. Staying in a hotel makes no sense with two young children. In their area, that would be at least $3500 min for 10 days (wealthy area) for a basic room with double beds. Our kids are 1 and 3 and have nap schedules and we have 3 bedrooms at FIL's for our family.

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