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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband has two daughters from a previous marriage. The girls are 14 and 16 years old. Custody is 50/50 with the ex-wife, the girls come over Thursday after school through Sunday evening. It's been the same schedule for the past 10 years, since the girls were younger. And super close to them and I treat them well because I love them and I want the best for them always. Dh and I have two girls, age 12 and 10. The kids get along and we treat them equally all the time. The only difference is my parents don't seem to want anything to do with my step kids. We try really hard not to have my parents over when the girls are with us. My parents asked to take my girls to Paris for spring break, and I refused unless they include my step kids. Dh said we can take them somewhere else and make it special.  I disagree. My 12 year old called out my parents and is refusing to go. What's our next step?[/quote]

Oof this is tough. I am a step daughter.  But at 14 or 16 I would have recognized that my step mom's parents do not have the same relationship with me that they have with their blood grand children.

I think I agree with your DH.  Your daughters deserve a full relationship with their grandparents with out reference to the step children, and your daughters deserve to go to Paris if that opportunity is presented to them.  Try to give your step daughters other great opportunities -- may not be identical but have some equity.

You are kind to stick up for your step daughters.  Some circumstances, I agree you cannot abide overt favoritism.  But special trips or visits with your grandma, should not be curtailed.[/quote]

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