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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are going to small town NE with two teens to visit 95 year old grandparents as we do every year.  No it's not skiing in the alps or touring Japan but it's part of being a family.  Baking, gingerbread house, board games, jigsaw puzzles...we stay for three days.  You can do this OP[/quote]

That is sweet but a little different. OP doesn't say her patients are too old to travel. I would be upset by their intransigence if it also cost $$$ and time to get there. When everyone is healthy , reasonable people are willing to alternate locales and be flexible.[/quote]

NP. OK, the old folks are healthy but inflexible.

You know who else could be more flexible? OP. She could either:

A) Choose to not visit, and simply invite her parents to her or invite them on a vacation, being prepared to take no for an answer, and being prepared to let them grumble about no visits.

B) Make the best of visiting a “boring” hometown that, if nothing else, is at least close to a big city. I really do assure you that if I can make it work in my small Midwestern town, OP can make it work within driving distance of a city that has a METRO, FFS. Note that OP has failed to mention the locale. That’s because she knows full well within five minutes of naming the town, we could come up with 50 fun activities. And so could she, but she would rather complain. Oh well![/quote]

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