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[quote=Anonymous]You are going to be really disappointed when you finally take your son to this place.  You've built it up so much in your mind that if you go and he's like, "Yeah, this is okay, I guess," you're going to be upset.  Part of what made it special to you was that you went there often--but your kid has never been and you have no plans to take him there.

It's quite possible that your in-laws meant well--they know you love this place, they know that you can't take your son, and they thought that taking him there would be a good thing.  Acting like they're being spiteful and stomping all over your boundaries is coming at it the wrong way.  Yes, they should have said something to you first, but maybe they just said it on the spur of the moment, "Oh, maybe we'll take you there this summer."  They might never take the steps to make it happen.

That said, it's fine if you don't want your elderly in-laws to take your child to a beach without you.  That is not an unreasonable thing.  Just don't go into this with your dander up, looking for a fight or to have your feelings hurt.  [/quote]

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