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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why do the vacations always revolve around what the older parents want?[/quote]

Pay your way. In fact, maybe pay more. Take the lead. Do the paying and then you get to do the inviting. Money = power. When adult children rely on their parents for vacations, the adult children have given up the power. And they'v given up receiving their parent's respect --- respect for them as equal adults, respect for their time, respect for their preferences as to how to spend their time.[/quote]

PP here. We pay 100% for ourselves (not even a breakfast is paid for for us). We aren't allowed any lead or opinions whatsoever. I don't know any adults over 22 who have their parents pay for vacations. I'd just like a little leniency since we're the ones with kids. I'm sick of older parents planning boring vacations to Atlantic city or Ocean City.

We invite them on our fabulous vacations but they won't come.

What the heck is wrong with us just coming to visit them and they come to visit us? Why do we have to go to a strange, terrible city with bad food and hotels to hang out? [/quote]

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