{"id":7098,"date":"2025-02-25T01:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T01:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2025-02-25T01:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T01:39:13","slug":"my-husband-has-been-going-on-vacation-with-his-family-for-a-week-every-year-for-the-past-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=7098","title":{"rendered":"MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN GOING ON VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY FOR A WEEK EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">For over a decade, my husband, Tom, had gone on the same family vacation\u2014to the islands, for a full week, every single year. And every year, I stayed behind with our kids.I had asked, many times, why we couldn\u2019t go. His answer was always the same. \u201cMy mom doesn\u2019t want in-laws there. It\u2019s just immediate family.\u201d And when I pushed about the kids? \u201cI don\u2019t want to spend the whole trip babysitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">It never sat right with me. But I swallowed my feelings. Until this year.A week before his trip, I couldn\u2019t take it anymore. While Tom was at work, I picked up my phone and called my mother-in-law directly.\u201cWhy don\u2019t you allow Tom to take us on vacation? Don\u2019t you consider us family?\u201d I asked, my voice shaking with years of frustration.There was a pause. Then she said, confused, \u201cWhat are you talking about, dear?\u201dI gripped the phone tighter. \u201cThe trip. Every year. Tom says you don\u2019t want in-laws there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over a decade, my husband, Tom, had gone on the same family vacation\u2014to the islands, for a full week, every single year. 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