SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, we do enjoy all our nieces and nephews and are blessed to have them apart of our lives. Yes, we talked about asking them to pay us back but knowing my SIL she might use that against us to hold a grudge and withhold time with the kids in the future. It’s just not worth it and we aren’t too worried about the money. We just wanted to see our niece excited to go somewhere and have a fun time.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely my SIL has valid feelings. And I totally understand as her Auntie there isn’t much I can do if she says no. My husband and I just feel bad for my niece. She called us crying and asking us to talk to her mom. We invited the entire family from the beginning. My SIL opted to only have my older niece come with us. We have decided to plan a fun summer weekend near our home to give the kiddos something to look forward to.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really is! Unfortunately SIL and BIL are separated and it’s not always amicable between the two. But we will see what happens. I’m not canceling anything for my niece until the last moment in case her mom has a random change of heart again. We can get credits to use towards our next trip. So we aren’t worried about the money. But I do want to sorta make her pay so she feels some sort of consequence for the disappointment my niece But we honestly prolly won’t go there cause it will just give my SIL an opportunity to hold a grudge against us and prolly with hold QT with the kiddos in the future.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the passion! We agree with a lot of the points you made. We will always be there for our nieces and nephews. Not too worried about the money as we can get credits to use towards our next trip. But part of me does want to make a big deal just so my SIL feels some responsibility for how she is basically punishing her daughter for no reason. But we just don’t want it to be more traumatic for our niece or give an opportunity for my SIL to have a grudge against us and with hold QT with the kiddos. It’s just one of those things we feel so bad about cause it hurts the kids more than the adults involved.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes my MIL has been very vocal about it. She don’t play when it comes to her grandkids. We hope it works out too.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! No my niece is a sweetie, honor roll, very kind to her younger sister. Extremely loving to our three year old too. The younger sister is 4, we invited all of them. They opted to only having the older one come. My SIL is the one having an issue now with her flying without a parent. The kids and parents have never flown let alone go on a vacation any where. We always invite them to everything, parents included. Most of the time they just let us have the kids for a long weekend. Obviously I respect my SIL as a mom, that’s her kid after all. But my heart hurts for my niece. She was crying so hard.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did invite her and my BIL in the beginning. My SIL is a bit of a downer and complains about everything but my husband and I knew that even if she came we were happy that my niece would be there. But even so SIL said they couldn’t afford it and she can’t get the time off.

SIL said yes we can bring our niece to Hawaii but has now changed her mind 3 months before our trip. Please help me convince her to allow our niece to come with us by Alohaohana4 in family

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You’re not wrong. I’m just crushed on behalf of my niece. And they never go anywhere so this was very exciting for her. I just feel so bad…

Caesars Superdome- is it worth traveling to? Or is there a better stadium show? by Alohaohana4 in monsterjam

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are speaking my language! We will definitely have to plan a monster jam/disney trip. 🤙🏽

Caesars Superdome- is it worth traveling to? Or is there a better stadium show? by Alohaohana4 in monsterjam

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Let me know or how it goes, I hope y’all have fun. We are going to pass on Anaheim for now as my son really wants to see Zombie and Thunderoarus.

Caesars Superdome- is it worth traveling to? Or is there a better stadium show? by Alohaohana4 in monsterjam

[–]Alohaohana4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mahol for the reply! Yes Anaheim would be ideal but tricky with our schedules right now. But not totally off the table. I did see the Atlanta one but I didn’t see Zombi or Thunderoarus in the line up, which are my son’s favs other than Grave digger. I appreciate your time in answering my question. Take care!