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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Mom, after the last vacation we took together in 2019, it's clear it's not a good idea. I want us to continue having a good relationship with you and vacationing together put such a strain on all of us that I don't want to risk our relationship that way. So DH and I are going to take the kids to New England this summer, just the four of us. But we'll look forward to seeing you the Saturday before Mother's Day and the Saturday before Father's Day (or whenever you'll see them)." [/quote]

I would not say this. My kids are 11 and 14 and here’s what I frequently say to my parents. Mine don’t like locally, do yours?  Mine get the idea about taking a big vacation together to Disney or Europe and it wouldn’t go well.

“The kids are older and need a lot of down time. They don’t even want to be around us for very long now! This vacation sounds like it would be nice but the reality of all of us together in one place for that long would not be pleasant for anyone. It would be wasting a lot of money. Remember when we were that age and how difficult we were in the middle school years? That’s our life now.”  Then I switch the conversation to when we will see them and how we will have fun. [/quote]

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