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[quote=Anonymous]This completely depends on the way the rest of the family reacts about things. People can be insecure that they have money and they can be insecure that they don't have money. This would NOT work in my extended family.

One set of in laws would feel bad because there is a dynamic where one group has lots of money and another group has very little money. This comes up all the time and the group with less money always feels bad. If we started introducing something expensive that we offered as a treat even though it would be the first time WE had done it for them it would the 100th time they encountered some situation with relatives where they were reminded about how financially unequal they were in comparison.

My frugal, rude aunt would go on and on an on about how expensive it was and would simultaneously gush and complain about the expensive for YEARS. I am still hearing about how we sent so and so a birthday gift and paid FULL SHIPPING. This was five years ago.

If we were traveling with a different set where the family has less money but it much younger than us then it would be fine.

It just depends on how your group reacts to money issues. [/quote]

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