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Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

First class is available. What is wrong with OP’s parents that they are too stupid or too cheap to buy business class seats at the offset, particularly if they know this is where they want to sit?

Because it's so respectful to treat your grown children as virtual ATMs and then throw petulant tantrums when you don't get your way, and for an unnecessary trip, too.

I haven’t let my parents pay for anything since I was in my late 20s. It’s called thank you for my life.

Anonymous wrote:Look, the bottom line is that as soon as the parents said they wanted to come along you should have said “great! We have first class seats for the kids. Just buy the cheapest seats you can on our flight and the kids can sit there and you can take their seats.” Why didn’t that occur to you? What’s wrong with you?

Anonymous wrote:OP’s kids are going to treat her and her husband exactly the same way someday. She’s just too obtuse to see it. She probably complains about the grandparents in front of the kids. She seems that type.

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Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

First class is available. What is wrong with OP’s parents that they are too stupid or too cheap to buy business class seats at the offset, particularly if they know this is where they want to sit?

Because it's so respectful to treat your grown children as virtual ATMs and then throw petulant tantrums when you don't get your way, and for an unnecessary trip, too.

I haven’t let my parents pay for anything since I was in my late 20s. It’s called thank you for my life.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

First class is available. What is wrong with OP’s parents that they are too stupid or too cheap to buy business class seats at the offset, particularly if they know this is where they want to sit?

Because it's so respectful to treat your grown children as virtual ATMs and then throw petulant tantrums when you don't get your way, and for an unnecessary trip, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

Another clueless commenter.

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Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

First class is available. What is wrong with OP’s parents that they are too stupid or too cheap to buy business class seats at the offset, particularly if they know this is where they want to sit?

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Anonymous wrote:Going on a family vacation + cruise later this summer to Greek Isles. Originally booked for myself, DH, and our two kids (16 and 14). We invited my parents a few months ago and they decided to join us. Our family booked 4 first class seats IAD-ATH using FF miles on United (DH is Global Services on United and got a good deal) and my parents ended up booking 2 coach seats in cash many months later (no status). Well, yesterday my parents decided they wouldn’t go on the trip unless they flew first class and that our kids don’t need to fly first class and we should allow them to switch. My dad even offered to give each of my kids $50 to move from first to coach so that they could have lie flat seating transatlantic.

DH is super annoyed. My parents are being real jerks about this and how kids don’t need first class and my dad’s back aches so he totally needs first class. What do I do?

You do what you should have done in the first place, first class for everyone. If you can't get two first class for your parents then there is no reason why your 16 & 14 cannot sit in coach and your parents in first class.

What is wrong with you and your DH?

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Anonymous wrote:A perfect example of an entitled child growing up. I would never treat my parents so disrespectfully and seal behind their back. This OP is seeing just how her kids will treat her someday.

I bet you are just a peach as a parent. If I were your kid, I would want nothing to do with you.

Well, we vacation with both our parents and our adult kids. I would never disrespect my parents or my kids. Families are to be enjoyed. I love that I can treat my parents. They have done so much for me, all while being imperfect beings….like me.

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Anonymous wrote:A perfect example of an entitled child growing up. I would never treat my parents so disrespectfully and seal behind their back. This OP is seeing just how her kids will treat her someday.

I bet you are just a peach as a parent. If I were your kid, I would want nothing to do with you.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know why people try traveling with extended family. I didn't got on a vacation with my folks after I turned 16. My MIL tried multiple times to get me and DH and two babies / toddlers to go on vacations with her, my idea of hell, and we never went. Never.

How sad for you. The trips I was able to give my Mom, after I was grown, gave her experiences she had only dreamed of.

It made me so happy to spoil her, since she had been such a great parent.

And now that she is gone, I treasure those memories.

What kind of cookie do you want for being so perfect?

Anonymous wrote:A perfect example of an entitled child growing up. I would never treat my parents so disrespectfully and seal behind their back. This OP is seeing just how her kids will treat her someday.