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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, reporting back after the First Hotel Visit. OH MAN.

Let's just say that the transition was necessary and a sanctuary but also needs some further tweaking. The helicopter parenting/grandparenting by people in their 70's for people in their 50s/teens is pretty next level.

As an adult used to doing normal adult things and capably parenting my children, imagine my surprise when staying in a hotel didn't cut the cord but only stretched it further. We had the entire time planned, but EVERYTHING was challenged, dissected, and argued, with the intention of "trying to help" but with no real option to say no to anything. (We still said no when we needed to, and I'm pretty exhausted now.)

Not being in control of everything was freaking them out like I would never have imagined. All this cemented the necessity of always getting a hotel from now on, and showed us a few more ways that our strategy is going to need to be more airtight. We don't want to reject hospitality and don't want to have a distant relationship with them, but their brand of "caring" feels like being force-fed. Ugh.

Has anyone else gone through Hotel Revenge? (Which is what this really feels like)[/quote]

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