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OP here,

My 16-year-old step daughter came to me and we had a chat about spring break and other things that's been happening with our family. She knows that I'm really upset with my parents with their behavior and not because spring break the situation. My step daughter is smart, patient, and understanding. She knows the struggles that I had with my parents, but she wanted me to know that was okay if her sisters vacation with their grandparents only. She had a talk with her mom last week and her mom explained reasons and how people act towards their own grandkids and step kids. I'm not trying to minimize my parents relationship with my kids but when they make it so obvious, how they treat them so differently, that's what upsets me. The 16-year-old knows and understands but that shouldn't be the case.

Financially, my husband and I are in a better position to provide for vacations and extra activity for the kids. My parents providing for my kids does help a lot and we can allocate more money for my step kids. There's nothing wrong with that and I do appreciate it, all I wanted was for my parents to treat them fairly not always monetarily but don't exclude them from their sisters and such obvious way. Going to Paris for spring break it's nice that's not the end of the world, and it's only fair that my step kids have something similar not just a weekend or whatever some random City. My kids and step kids all attend private schools paid for by myself and husband.  step kids mom is a teacher as I mentioned earlier, in a private school, she was generous enough to share her discount with all of us. My husband and I cover the balance after the discount, the girls all have been attending the same school since kindergarten.

We are a strong family, well to do, I am not money hungry and using my parents wealth to take care of my family or responsibility. My parents voluntarily wanted to take care of my kids education and other activities since day one. I'm not using them all their wealth, but from now on there will be no more separate vacations for my kids and step kids. I should have stopped this separate treatment from the beginning but now it stops.

I mentioned the girls schools because my parents wanted my kids to go to a different School next year without their sisters. My husband and I have agree not to switch schools. We like the current School, the girls are happy, and it's within our budget.
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This sounds fake and you are wealthy so stop being greedy.  And, pay more child support.  [/quote]

Jealous, party of 1!

This is not OP being "greedy." The Grandparents offered with strings attached. OP said no. And OP isn't asking for the money but, hey, if it's offered then that is between her and the grandparents. [/quote]

Strings attached? You mean they want to take their grand daughters on a trip. OP’s stepdaughters have grandparents of their own. What else are the step grandparents supposed to fund? [/quote]

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