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This story is a long one, but it teaches an important lesson for those who are trying to stand their ground against their entitled family members.
You can say everything you want about saving as much money as possible for a trip, but for many people, saving as much as they can still isn't enough to match other people's wealth. You can't make wine from water, and those bills have to be paid somehow. The woman in the story knows her financial limits, but he brothers continue to be the parasitical voice in her ear, telling her she should compromise her boundaries for their own comfort.
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"I held my ground over not subsidizing my siblings' and their wive's luxury vacation upgrades, and now I'm the low-key villain and the odd ‘fifth wheel’ out"
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Wealthy siblings try to pressure their older sister into surpassing her budget for group trip to Europe, she refuses to budge: ‘They all felt that they were subsidizing me’
Group vacations aren't for the faint of heart. One minute, you're all in agreement on where you'll be lodging for two weeks, and the next, you're compromising your budget by hundreds of dollars to appease a needy person in the group. No, John, you actually don't need a king bed to live. If you want a king bed, I'm not going to subsidize it. Sorry, not sorry!
If you've ever gone on a group vacation with family or friends, then you probably know how everything goes down. First, in the months leading up to the vacation, you want to save as much money as you can. Unfortunately, the months leading up to the vacation consist of 75 friends' birthdays and four separate gift-giving holidays. Somehow. Next, the itinerary you graciously created for the group is overlooked by all but one trip attendee (you), and you have no one to go snorkeling with. I guess imaginary friends don't have to be for children only…
If it couldn't get any worse, this trip is with your much wealthier siblings. They have the cash to spend on themselves, but refuse to make concessions because you can't dish out hundreds of dollars per night on lodging alone. They don't understand, so they continue to test your boundaries. This is what the woman in this next story is dealing with, but she refuses to give in to her brothers' tactics. Scroll below to read the entire story.
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