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[quote=Anonymous]For us the nadir of joining our parents was after we were married and before kids. We had money but not tons of vacation time so we did our own thing. Now that grandkids are in the picture, family oriented vacations are becoming more of a priority.

It's still not perfect. My parents are traveling a lot-but not the kind of trip I can drop everything to join them on. We did all (parents and both siblings' families) meet up in Canada for a cousin's wedding 2 years ago and shared a rented house for a few days. They'll all be visiting DC this summer. My parents typically pay for the hotel rooms for these trips. They have tons of frequent flier miles, but it's never worked out for me to use them. They are covering tickets for my sister and her kids this summer-she couldn't afford it otherwise.

My in laws put a lot of pressure on us to join them on vacation, but they plan their own vacation and then invite us and its inevitably awkward timing of awkward location. Then they get really offended and harp on it for months. It's really annoying because I'd love to spend a week at the beach-just not in a twin bed, in a house that's a 10 hour drive away , and in April when the water is too cold to swim. [/quote]

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