Duckman
Professional fool
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I have two kids under consideration, ages 24 (A2) and 20 (A3).
My sister has a kid, H, age 14. He's super well behaved and is doing well in school.
I offered to take H to Japan for a couple weeks this summer. It'll be cheap, since he'll share a room with me that work is paying for. I'll be paying for airfare, which is also not too bad.
My sister is on board, H is excited, and my other sisters and my mom are like... A2 and A3 are really going to resent this.
A2 and A3 are... not gracious. And that's my fault as a parent, but you know, I'd rather take someone that wants to go and will appreciate it instead of someone that expects that they get to go and I'll pay for it.
I'm taking H, but I'm having a hard time giving a shit about A2 and A3's feelings after my older sister and her husband paid for them (and A2's beau) to go to Illinois for Christmas and they didn't say thanks.
I understand that some of this resentment is mine, as well.
Put me on blast, let me have it, I need some perspective here.
My sister has a kid, H, age 14. He's super well behaved and is doing well in school.
I offered to take H to Japan for a couple weeks this summer. It'll be cheap, since he'll share a room with me that work is paying for. I'll be paying for airfare, which is also not too bad.
My sister is on board, H is excited, and my other sisters and my mom are like... A2 and A3 are really going to resent this.
A2 and A3 are... not gracious. And that's my fault as a parent, but you know, I'd rather take someone that wants to go and will appreciate it instead of someone that expects that they get to go and I'll pay for it.
I'm taking H, but I'm having a hard time giving a shit about A2 and A3's feelings after my older sister and her husband paid for them (and A2's beau) to go to Illinois for Christmas and they didn't say thanks.
I understand that some of this resentment is mine, as well.
Put me on blast, let me have it, I need some perspective here.
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