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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Dad still pays for a week long vacation rental for my siblings and me ( and our families) every year too.  All of us kids are every comfortable and could afford the trips ourselves, but my Dad has never accepted money from us to cover our share of the hotel/vacation rental. Instead, my siblings and I try to insure that we cover all meals and extras while there, but those costs still don't equal our share of the accomadations. I think he does it, but he really likes having all of us together under one roof again and he is afraid we wouldn't all come every year if he didn't pay.  Although everyone (including our spouses) enjoy the trip, I could see us deciding to not go some years in order to save for our own expensive trip or big ticket item. [/quote]

This is my family too.  My parents (divorced but still friendly) split the cost of a beach house to get everyone together once a year.  Holidays are tricky with travel and in laws and kids who want Santa at their house.  So we have a yearly summer gathering and then the rest we figure out as we go.

It's really nice and we are all really appreciative.  My parents love having all the kids around for a solid week of chaos and spoiling and fun.  But we would probably never do a trip, like Disney, as a family.  Way too many moving pieces.  There are 16 of us (10 adults, 6 kids) so just having a home base for a week to be around each other is the best thing ever.[/quote]

Yes, and what parent wouldn't want this?  I'd be thrilled if we could afford to do this for our kids one day, and they were happy to come.  It wouldn't matter to me what their resources are; I would want to do it for them (and for the family as a whole).[/quote]

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