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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with "suck it up".  You see these folks A LOT.  You deserve time as a nuclear family to connect.  Your kids will also benefit from seeing new places, having new experiences, etc.  I don't agree with the idea that you should suck it up because these people raised your sons.  Good god, that excuse could be used to knock down just about anything that you want that he/they don't.

Do your own thing.  It will make your other time with them much more tolerable, particularly because you won't have this resentment building.[/quote]

+10000

Why do these people dictate your vacation time? Even if you "switched locations", as PP suggested, its still the OBX.  If you don't like it there, it is understandable.

I suppose if you can afford it, your DH could go with them and your children while you stay home or have your own vacation planned.  No crime in that, if you can afford it AND if you have enough vacation time.

DH's family did nothing but take, that is why we do not care to spend our precious vacation time with them and their idea of "vacation", which is anything but.  In our case, the family is no help, and they DEFINITELY do NOT babysit in any way, shape or form, nor have they ever.  Come to think of it, DH paid back his undergrad to his mother WITH SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST, so there's that, too.  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

IDK, in my case, I would feel differently if they weren't so negative, in just about every way and opportunity.  We go to the Cape because it is where everyone we know vacations.  If you time the trip right, the traffic is far less than OBX traffic, for PP who asked.

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