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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm with the SIL. The whole thing sounds like a pain in the ass. An annual trip that requires me to be in close quarters with 16 of my in-laws does not sound relaxing or fun, even if they are a nice group of people. Your SIL needs some space to breathe and this is her way of ensuring that she gets it. I agree with you that trying to force everyone to stay at an expensive resort near her home is not really fair and it's too expensive for you but it's also not fair to have to spend every single day of your vacation time with the same group of people. [/quote]

OP here. Exactly, I completely agree with her! Which is why we have suggested taking a break for a year for pretty much the past 5 years. It is my BIL (my DH's brother, husband of resort lady) who is often the ringleader in insisting that the trip happen come hell or high water. This may be a source of tension between him and his wife, I don't know. But she's not really in a position where she can say to all of us as a group "hey, I really don't want to spend time with you all this year," just as I am not in a position to say anything like that. So my husband again suggested that we take a year off (in addition to some other potential solutions to the vacation time issue), and that was not acknowledged as a possible outcome. It's like she has latched on to this resort thing as the only possible thing that will satisfy everyone, except it doesn't.[/quote]

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