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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah that’s pretty terrible.  I have a 15 year old DSS and am very lucky that my parents treat him totally equally (down to putting the same amount in his 529 as for their biological grandkids).

I would hold firm.[/quote]

OP here,

My parents are wealthy and they have money set up for college for my kids only. I am only child and they do spoil my kids rotten but I just will love all kids to be included on a holiday trip. It's weird to separate them. My husband parents are really nice and fair with all kids. Ex-wife parents live in a different state. I want all my kids to have nice vacation, money for college and normal childhood experiences. My parents are 65 and 68 years old, excellent health and retired.[/quote]

That sounds nice and all, but I’m thinking of my two children and how hard it is to find common things that they both like for a week for mine in elementary and mine in high school. You are asking a lot of the grandparents to take 4 kids to Paris. [/quote]

OP here,

The trip to Paris is just one example, tickets to concert, and other high end activities they always exclude my step kids. My dh and I have try to be nice and not set boundaries with my parents, but this trip was just the end of it.  
I will allowed my 10 year old daughter to go with my parents and my dh and I will plan a different vacation for the three kids. [b]My 12 year old refused completely. She wants to vacation with her sisters[/b]. [/quote]

This is completely your fault. Your 12 year old is taking your cues and distancing herself from her grandparents because you created a false choice. Even your husband recognizes that this quest for equality is a farce. You are failing your oldest daughter in a really appalling way.

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You’re a terrible parent for turning this into a choice in the first place. I just can’t emphasize enough how much you suck as a mom for presenting this as a choice between her sisters and her grandparents. 
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