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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are completely wrong.

While it's wonderful you treat them as your own daughters and feel a strong connection, you can't expect that from your parents.
As long as they're polite/nice with them, just let it go, you can't force them to love them.

I'd let them take your daughters to Paris and do something else with your husband's daughters. They are not owed anything by your parents, don't be jealous about the whole situation or you'll be unhappy for years ...[/quote]

OP here,
Unfortunately, dh agrees also.  I can't make my parents love them and treat the kids equally [/quote]

Exactly.  And I bet the girls, all of them, understand that.  The more you make it an issue, the more of an issue it will become.

[b]Legit question:  Do you make your stepdaughters' mother take your daughters with her on trips?  Do you make your stepdaughters' mother's parents take your girls with them on trips?[/b]

I think you need to back off.  The important people for treating the girls equally are you and your husband.  For everyone else, your goal should be that all the girls are treated with kindness and acceptance.  I think on your current path that you're creating a problem that doesn't exist and the problem you're creating has the potential to blow your daughters' relationship apart.[/quote]

Her daughters have not loved with the stepmother’s family for half their lives but do try again.[/quote]

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