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Aunt Excluded My Kids From the Trip “Too Expensive” — Then She Saw the Beach House
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"WE CAN'T AFFORD TO INCLUDE YOUR KIDS," my Aunt Diane announced during the family planning meeting, her voice carrying the particular authority of someone who'd appointed herself treasurer of family gatherings decades ago and never relinquished the position. "The vacation house is expensive—$15,000 for the week—and we've calculated per-person costs very carefully. Adding your three children would throw off everyone's budget. Maybe stay home this year." My children—Emma, Lucas, and Sophie—had been listening from the next room, and I watched their excitement die in real-time as they processed their great-aunt's words: they weren't wanted, weren't worth including, weren't important enough to accommodate. I nodded quietly, gathered my kids, and left without argument—because I knew something my aunt didn't: the beach house they'd rented for their "exclusive" family vacation was mine, had been mine for five years, and in two months, when they pulled into that driveway expecting paradise, I'd be standing on the porch waiting.