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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As for letting parents pay... my dad earns roughly ten times what we do every year. He can pay for all sorts of things we can't, and he likes spending time with us on his terms.  I don't know why it bothers some of you so much to let a parent pay.

We were taken to Europe, but at a place we didn't like, on the kind of trip we don't enjoy, and completely out of budget.  He was happy because we joined him. We were happy because we made him happy and could still afford braces. What could possibly be the problem here?

OP, would you be willing to pay for a trip that fit you all better? Or is there no trip that works for everyone's budget? I wouldn't pay for a Disney cruise, either.

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I'm a mom of adults. Sounds like many posters work plus have kids yet parents/IL's act like all are retired with nothing else to do. And are dictating how to spend their adult children's disposable income plus allocate scarce vacation time.  One of my DC's has pressure for lengthy vacation etc plus frequent dinners.   [b]Intrusive.   [/b]  I would offer a 4 day weekend full payment for them as parents of tots including airfare, hotel, etc to a nice Disneyworld resort.  Beachclub.  Us in our own room and no-nag/tag a long days.  This spring paid for a vacation of one DC+partner choice and never thought once about us going also.  Different category than seeing cute little grandchildren at Disney, beach, Williamsburg, etc.

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I'm the poster above.  Yeah, you seem to be where I am with this: parents: if you want the kids with your own terms, make it a gift. kids: accept gracefully if you can and don't let the money take on more meaning than it should.

I think my contribution to that European trip we went on was that I used up almost all my leave (which is money).  [/quote]

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