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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always loved to travel and so does DH.  Taking our then baby - now 11 year old to exotic places has always been a part of her life.  We were in Kenya when she was 12 months old, Iceland when she was two.  Scotland, the northern isles, pretty much every year.  China when she was 3. (amazing trip).  She is a comfortable and happy traveler which is exactly what we wanted for her.  Every year we plan an abroad trip.  Lived in Austria for two years when she was 7 to 9 where she attended local German-speaking school.  We are going to Senegal in August this year.

But you do what feels most comfortable for you and your family, OP.  Travel isn't for everyone, I know.  But Costa Rica is lovely and a great place to take a baby/toddler.  [/quote]

Does anyone else find posts like this to be bit classist?

"Travel isn't for everyone, I know". Rolling my eyes hard at this. You mean like people who don't have as much money as you? My family is fortunate enough that DH and I earn enough money that we can take international trips regularly, but so many people love to travel and cannot afford to. You sound incredibly unaware, PP, or perhaps knowingly elitist. [/quote]

Seriously. Just because I am not interested in taking a 30 hour flight with a 1 year old doesn't mean I don't travel.[b] I met my husband in Paris, we have spent a lot of time with his family in Eastern Europe, and I ate so much steak in Argentina that I didn't eat red meat for years.[/b] This is also about actually being able to enjoy the experience, which I doubt I would with my thoroughly unhelpful parents. [/quote]

Amazing. Replying to a classist post with an even MORE classist response. [/quote]

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