{"id":23863,"date":"2025-12-12T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23863"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:19:15","slug":"i-refused-to-fund-family-vacations-that-dont-include-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23863","title":{"rendered":"I Refused to Fund \u201cFamily Vacations\u201d That Don\u2019t Include Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every summer, my&nbsp;stepmom collects <strong>$700 from each of&nbsp;us to&nbsp;rent a&nbsp;beach house<\/strong>. But somehow, there\u2019s <em>always<\/em> <strong>only enough room for her kids<\/strong> and their families. I&nbsp;get the same line every year: \u201cThere wasn\u2019t enough space&nbsp;\u2014 maybe next time.\u201d When I&nbsp;brought it&nbsp;up, my&nbsp;dad warned&nbsp;me, <strong>\u201cDon\u2019t you dare make a&nbsp;scene.\u201d<\/strong> I&nbsp;smiled, agreed, and handed over my&nbsp;$700 like usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But 15&nbsp;minutes before they were set to&nbsp;leave, I&nbsp;showed up&nbsp;with my&nbsp;suitcase. When my&nbsp;stepmom protested, \u201cThere\u2019s no&nbsp;room,\u201d I&nbsp;simply said, \u201cThat\u2019s fine&nbsp;\u2014 <strong>I&nbsp;rented another cabin right next door with my&nbsp;own money.<\/strong>\u201d Then I&nbsp;invited my&nbsp;half-siblings\u2019 kids over for ice cream and games. By&nbsp;the second day, most of&nbsp;the family was spending their time at&nbsp;<em>my<\/em>&nbsp;cabin instead of&nbsp;hers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer, my&nbsp;stepmom collects $700 from each of&nbsp;us to&nbsp;rent a&nbsp;beach house. But somehow, there\u2019s always only enough room for her kids and their families. I&nbsp;get the same&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":418,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23865,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23863\/revisions\/23865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}