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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the posters are overreacting.  My parents divorced when I was little and my dad remarried and had 2 more kids.  I visited him and sometimes went on vacations like the beach with them.  A few times they went on big vacations like Hawaii and Disney and I didn't go.  I was old enough to understand that my dad was allowed to vacation with his other kids without taking me.  I didn't feel left out.  My mom took me on vacations too so honestly, I ended up going on vacation twice most years.  I wouldn't take a 3 yr old to Disney myself.  I'd wait a few years until the kid could actually remember the trip and by then, the older kids won't be interested anyway.[/quote]

But what if you had felt left out and specifically asked to be included, and your dad said no?[/quote]

10 is not really old enough to "understand" and, frankly, I'm not sure s/he should have to. [b]Disney is not just any vacation for a 10 year old.[/b]

I'm a child of divorce and my dad vacationed without me (and without my step sibs) with just my step mother and half brother (i.e., their kid) all the time. Sometimes I was a little jealous, but I realized that I got to go on vacations with my mom too that my half brother didn't get to go on. A trip to Disney World or any place that I specifically loved or requested to go? I would have lost my shit. Disney World is made for 10 year olds not 3 year olds. Take everyone for a cheaper trip now or take your 3 year old to Sesame Place (which he will like better anyway) and wait a few years for the Disney trip when the older two will likely be over it. Can you go to Disney World with just your 3 year old? Absolutely. Will your relationship with your step kids ever be the same? Not a chance in hell. Even more importantly, will your husband's relationship with his kids ever be the same? No. [/quote]

The OP stated that the older kids had been to Disney twice already so they are old enough to understand that this trip is for the younger sibling who has never been at all.  [/quote]

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