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<blockquote data-quote="Rocky74" data-source="post: 2672614" data-attributes="member: 902437">I&#039;m assuming that you meant that your in-laws went on the vacations WITH their kids, right? I say DEFINITELY take the kids on some of your trips... not all, but just do it and see how it goes. As you said, have some trips that are &quot;adult time&quot; with just your husband, but you will not regret taking family trips. My parents believed in taking us on trips with them. It was always educational, and it gave us really good bonding time together. We got to go some amazing places: Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, Florida, Jamaica, upstate NY, and a cruise to various islands. My parents also invited me on their trip to Spain and Portugal that they were going to take alone because they felt sorry for me as I was on summer break from college and couldn&#039;t get a decent summer job.&nbsp; My parents are now gone, but these family vacations are the most treasured memories that I have of them, because it was the only block of time that my dad wasn&#039;t stuck in the office and my mom wasn&#039;t working and overloaded with housework. It was a lot of fun and we got to meet new people, see places I haven&#039;t been able to afford on my own since, learn some languages, and really appreciate what we have at home.&nbsp; I have photos and souvenirs and a few videos, and they&#039;re just amazing to have. My mom always used to point out that we were especially lucky because most people they knew left their kids at home, but my parents weren&#039;t about that at all. When we did go away, there were always other kids there to meet, so obviously we weren&#039;t the only ones who were away on family trips. My parents also had plenty of trips just the two of them, to work-related conventions and just&nbsp; vacations when they got older. There was plenty of time for them to do that later in life, but I think they missed the family trips, also. Just do it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rocky74, post: 2672614, member: 902437"] I'm assuming that you meant that your in-laws went on the vacations WITH their kids, right? I say DEFINITELY take the kids on some of your trips... not all, but just do it and see how it goes. As you said, have some trips that are "adult time" with just your husband, but you will not regret taking family trips. My parents believed in taking us on trips with them. It was always educational, and it gave us really good bonding time together. We got to go some amazing places: Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, Florida, Jamaica, upstate NY, and a cruise to various islands. My parents also invited me on their trip to Spain and Portugal that they were going to take alone because they felt sorry for me as I was on summer break from college and couldn't get a decent summer job. My parents are now gone, but these family vacations are the most treasured memories that I have of them, because it was the only block of time that my dad wasn't stuck in the office and my mom wasn't working and overloaded with housework. It was a lot of fun and we got to meet new people, see places I haven't been able to afford on my own since, learn some languages, and really appreciate what we have at home. I have photos and souvenirs and a few videos, and they're just amazing to have. My mom always used to point out that we were especially lucky because most people they knew left their kids at home, but my parents weren't about that at all. When we did go away, there were always other kids there to meet, so obviously we weren't the only ones who were away on family trips. My parents also had plenty of trips just the two of them, to work-related conventions and just vacations when they got older. There was plenty of time for them to do that later in life, but I think they missed the family trips, also. Just do it! [/QUOTE]

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