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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would always pay for them to vacation with me, if they were going to pay their own way I assume they'd rather fully control the vacation and not go with family. It has nothing to do with what they can afford. On trips with me, they are are my guests.[/quote]

[b]This.  Their gift to me is their vacation time, which for young adults and parents of young children tends to be very very limited and more precious than money.[/b][/quote]

This is how I feel.  It's how my parents felt too.  We didn't take a ton of family vacations until grandkids came, then we started an annual beach trip.

My in-laws however would get SO put out when say, I had almost no leave because I had to take it after I had a baby. [b] They acted like me not wanting to pay $1k+ to watch them be miserable was seriously offensive.  I hope to NOT be like that[/b].[/quote]

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It's not even the money, it's more the time off from work and time, in general. I'm fine if you want to go someplace fun, but if it the same place every year, and crappy living conditions for a week (usually less, bunk beds for us adults! Or one bed for the four of us when the kids were little - no, we don't cosleep when the kids are three. Whoo hoo! Good times!)  Plus, they hardly talk to each other unless it is to rank on my spouse, yeah no, we are good, thanks. That and grandma takes all the kids out golfing except for ours, so that is pretty hurtful.  She thinks my teen/s would rather do a puzzle with her than golf, but they would not. Yes, we seriously came all this way to do a puzzle??  SMDH. [/quote]

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