DEAR ERIC: I was raised on the West Coast in a wonderful, loving family with two siblings I have always been close with. My sister moved to the Midwest decades ago and came back to spend all of her holiday breaks with our parents and visit my brother and me.

Our parents have passed, and then my brother passed. My sister tries to stay close through frequent visits.

The problem is that she assumes she has the same open invitation that she had with our parents. We are all weary of these visits. I love them and enjoy spending time with them, in small doses.

Thinking it would negate their need for a Christmas trip (since they’ve been to the West Coast multiple times already this year), my husband and I are visiting my sister and her husband at their home this fall.

I was recently texting wi

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