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[quote=Anonymous]I started doing it about 10yrs ago for my siblings.  One sibling is 20yrs younger than me so she might as well be my child.  My other sibling works in health care and while he lives within his means, he doesn’t have a lot for extras.  My younger sibling has no kids and the other has 2.  His 2 and my 2 kids are very close in part because they’ve spent time together.  This year my brothers oldest is bringing a friend.  It’s fine.  Whomever wants to come on family vacation is welcome.  It’s not expected.  No one ever refuses.

Growing up our parents were not like this and cut everyone off at 18.  They functioned on a different time schedule than the rest of us—their day started at 2-3 in the afternoon and they didn’t understand why when we all had young kids, we were up at 6 and ready for bed by 8.  I felt no guilt in not inviting them to fun family vacation where they expected formal sit down dinner each evening, planned activities that encompassed everyone —meaning someone in the group would be unhappy, and they didn’t enjoy the beach or the snow.

I’ll keep doing this until I can’t or people stop showing up.[/quote]

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