"they started guilt-tripping me to take unpaid leave to make it work. I simply can't afford to lose that much income right now. It's starting to make me feel anxious and torn. I want to spend time with them and make memories, but I also need to be responsible about my money, my career and my personal boundaries. I feel like no matter what I do joining for a shorter portion, maybe helping plan some activities from home it won't be enough for them."
"Talk to your family directly. Clarify that as much as you want to join them for the duration of the trip, you cannot afford to take unpaid leave. Tell them what you can do, and leave it at that. Offer to book the part of the trip that you can afford. If that is unacceptable to them, don't go at all."
A person faces pressure from parents and adult siblings to join a two-week family trip but lacks enough vacation days and cannot afford unpaid leave. The person feels anxious, torn, and worried about financial stability, career impact, and personal boundaries. The suggested response is to communicate directly, state inability to take unpaid leave, offer concrete alternatives such as booking and joining for the affordable portion, and stop negotiating. If the family's expectations are incompatible with those limits, decline the trip. Another person reconnected with a college friend who planned an unconsulted visit during weekdays, with accommodations forty minutes away, creating scheduling and boundary concerns.
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