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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you sound like a great step mom for wanting to take stepDD on this trip.

I think you all need to call the ex and apologize for not talking to her before inviting step DD. I would not invite the ex on the trip though. If step DD isn't allowed to go, that's on her mom and you all should go without her. I didn't get to go on all family trips with my parents either and they weren't divorced. Sometimes I had to work, sometimes I was in college, you name it. [/quote]

Agree with this.  The kid is 9, not 4, and she’s going on vacation with [b]her dad[/b], not a friend.  It’s on the mom if she doesn’t want her to go.  OP has no obligation to fund the mom’s trip.  [/quote]

I agree with this.  Her objections are kind of ridiculous.  It isn't the time away; she's away from her daughter for 3 weeks other summers.  It's not Europe - she doesn't have a problem with that (or claims not to).  Yes, it was handled badly, but that doesn't mean you or your husband have to cater to silly objections.

The other alternative, if she is adamant about no longer than 7 days, is that you get your stepdaughter a flight home on day 7.  It has to be direct, obviously.  Your husband drops her at the airport, and her mother picks her up.  A 10 yo is more than old enough to sit on a plane for 7 hours reading and watching an ipad.  Frankly, most kids would love it.

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This.  I agree that her mom is being unreasonable.  I think the motive behind this could be that she doesn't want your DH to take her on a vacation she can't provide for her own daughter.  That it would make your DH look really good.

If something happened to DD-9 on the trip, she can always just get on a damn plane and be there later in the day.  What does she think is going to happen?  All of that stuff could happen here in the US.[/quote]

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