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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The absolute only way to do it is to get a HUGE house. That's what we do.  You need very few shared bathrooms, a pool and lots of refrigerators.

We cook at home, with each "family" taking a night.  Then sometimes if we need an extra night, we do takeout.  We keep a running list of needed groceries and whoever is cooking that night, goes to the grocery that day and gets stuff for dinner, and anything else we need.

We don't do ANY forced group excursions.  If you want to go somewhere, you can go! If you want to invite other people, do it!  If you don't want to invite anyone, that's FINE!

My SIL always sneaks away for most of an entire day to shop.  Because that's what she wants to do!

But the huge house, with lots of [b]"adult sized" beds (kings!) [/b]and shared kid rooms only is key.  Also, more bathrooms than you think you could ever need.  My 80 year old Dad would not make it through the week sharing a bathroom with my 12 year old niece.[/quote]

You mean no bunk beds that smell like blown out diapers for the married folk? No musty pull out basement sofa bed that smells like all the mold in the world is in this particular room?  Both scenarios because the couple that shows up an hour or so later than everyone because they have to actually work in an office to get paid?

Is this the same "vacation" where grandparents treat each grandchild equally, and don't insist on golfing 18 holes for the day with all grandchildren but one set - then insisting that the one set "do a puzzle" as an act of "bonding" with said grandparents - even though that one set of grandchildren's favorite thing to do is golf? And, when the latter set of grandchildren is old enough to notice, and they ask about it, you have to try to cover up the accurate unfavorable presumptions of said grandparents?  The cover ups that don't work?

Yes, by all means, let's make "memories"!!

Love the idea that PP had of renting nearby condos or apartments.  Other than that, not enough paid vacation time to see people that live ten minutes away, but don't include. Sorry, not sorry.[/quote]Aw, and you wonder why you are so miserable...  No way would we want to vacation with you, either.[/quote]

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