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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an only child and DH has a sibling who never got married. We have 2 kids. We went to a resort with just the 4 of us and I noticed a lot of families with extended families (adult siblings, lots of kids who were presumably cousins), I started feeling sad that my kids won’t have first cousins, and we’ll never get to experience these types of get togethers where our kids roam around with their cousins and it’s more than just DH and me.

Anyone felt like this before and how did you overcome this feeling?[/quote]

You don't have to be only children to have this dynamic. I am one of 3 and my DH is one of 4 and we are the only ones who have kids. My siblings and parents have no interest in going on vacation with us that we pick (it is only where they want to go, and those are usually cramming tons of people into a 2 bedroom/1 bathroom place, even if we offer to pay they won't budge, and those vacations are awful). My in-laws have agreed a few times to go with us to places that we pay for (renting large homes so everyone has a bedroom and with multiple bathrooms, a pool, etc), but then they expect us to cook all meals and pay for everything else. We even allowed my DH's much younger siblings to bring friends and included the great-grandparents (It was an enormous house)

There is no interest in a cruise or all inclusive (I hate those but would go if the others would).

It is so depressing. We tried and tried because I wanted those kind of vacations for my kids. I had those growing up, at big beach houses on the east coast. But my family and my ILs don't want to go to the beach, or Europe, or the mountains, or anywhere. They aren't going on vacation behind our backs. They just don't want to. We are the only ones that do. And before people get snarky and say it's our kids, I have 2 teens, they're not bad to be around. [/quote]

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