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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Husband and I like to go to vacation spots near us, preferably within driving distance. We can afford better if we reprioritized our budget but we don’t want to put so much pressure on ourselves to fork over more and make sure we enjoy it. No big deal if it rains all day if we only drive 3 hrs and we can come back any time. We often fly to places too but prefer to stay in the US so we don’t have to research so much, particularly with preschool aged kids.

SIL likes exotic vacations. [b]She is very much into being the Jones’s. [/b]

Every other year we have to vacation together for a reunion.

She is suggesting Hawaii. We could technically afford it but it would be more than we ever spent on vacation.

I just don’t want to fly that far and spend so much. She is also west coast and I am east coast.

I’m thinking about just telling her that it costs too much for us. Not sure how she will take it.

She also goes on vacation a lot. She has some trip booked every school vacation and half the summer, literally.  Also her kids are in high school and middle school and carry their own luggage, etc.

The other siblings might try to pay for it as well but I know it would mean a lot of sacrifices for them too.

Should I just say we can’t afford it?[/quote]

Why do you attribute her liking exotic vacations as wanting to keep up with the Joneses?  She may just like and be able to afford these types of trips.  It sounds like you have deeper issues with your SIL.

Having said that, I agree with others who have said you have no obligation to go to Hawaii with her.[/quote]

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