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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter and I were invited for a holiday weekend that turned out to be less than 12 hours.
My daughter was looking forward to it for weeks while I quietly had my reservations as the host mom reduced our time there. She had gotten some free tickets to a nearby museum there the next morning but didn't trust us in her house for two hours by ourselves so let us know that we had to leave the next morning.
I knew if I cancelled, my daughter would never let it go so I spent the money on expensive train tickets and dinner there. On the way back the next day my daughter said that it wasn't worth the trip. As I had suspected, she had to experience the early return in order to process how short the visit was.

Sometimes it is best for them to go thru the motions in order to understand the high investment of their time.[/quote]

When it involves mom’s time to help then understand (12 hours total of driving!) or an expensive train ticket, hell no.[/quote]

It was a good way to end let that friendship fade.
It has to come from the child. [/quote]

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