"My parents paid for the house and offered to babysit and cook so the adults could all go skiing. However, they later backtracked when we said we wanted to go skiing for one day of the three-day trip. They claimed that Leo and his wife already bought three-day lift tickets and that they couldn't watch all of the kids together (four of them). We were disappointed but went on the vacation anyway and found other activities to do."
"There have been some other instances lately where the rest of my family has gone on vacations and didn't include us. I tried discussing these exclusions with my parents recently and was told that Leo planned the trips, so my parents were not in a position to invite us. I told them it seemed like they were taking family trips without us now, and that my kids would feel left out, especially since one trip was to Disney."
I experienced a verbal confrontation with my parents after a pattern of perceived exclusion. During a family ski trip my parents paid for the house and initially offered to babysit so adults could ski, but later refused to watch all four grandchildren for one day, citing others' three-day lift tickets. Other family vacations have occurred without my family, including a Disney trip. When I raised favoritism toward my brother Leo and unequal treatment, my parents accused me of being inconsiderate and rude and emphasized their rental expenses. I feel unheard, unequal, and affected by geographic distance and Leo’s proximity to our parents.
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