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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

FWIW, I'd have no problem with kids missing a tournament if it conflicted with a family wedding, or granny's 100th birthday celebration, or something significant.

But otherwise, I'm happy to take them. To be clear, kids are younger, so tournaments are all within an hour's drive, no overnights yet. Spouse gets really grouchy about it, even though spouse was on board with kids playing travel (for which said kids begged, and for whom rec coaches said it would be a good fit). Wanting to skip them just because, especially knowing kids will find out and desperately want to play, is causing me some stress.[/quote]

My spouse and kid like the idea of travel and the tournaments with the level of competition.  They both get grouchy about the time commitment on the weekends and the actual travel.  So I’m the bad up front grouchy mom who says no.  We have BTDT and it’s miserable when DH and I are exhausted from work and DD is excited to play bit mad she missing some big social event that everyone will be at except her.  We both feel that if you commit to a team, you go to the games.

After an especially bad year of arguing I forced her to go back to rec.  Yes, some things are a better fit for her in travel but not with what else she wants to do in life.  It’s definitely a bad fit for us because I don’t want to spend so much time traveling. [/quote]

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