Most of us would love to have a family holiday home.
After all, there's nothing nicer than bringing together your nearest and dearest for some quality time.
So one woman was over the moon when she was invited along on her boyfriend's family vacation, hosted at his grandparents' cabin.
But she ended up less than impressed when she was told she must pay for the pleasure.
And not just a small fee toward bills, she was asked to contribute $200-400 (£169-£337) for the cabin's annual upkeep.
The shocking claims were shared on Reddit's Am I The A**hole forum, by the woman's boyfriend.
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But he says he had fair reasons for requesting the payment.
Explaining his side of the argument, the unnamed boyfriend wrote: "My grandparents own a big old cabin where every generation after them have enjoyed annual family vacations. Due to the cabin's age, there is constant maintenance that needs to be done."
He went on to say that his grandparents used to sort the repairs themselves but that in their old age, they now must hire professionals to do so.
"This has caused them to implement a fee system," he continued. "The rule is as follows; every person from the age of 20 years old needs to pay an annual fee to be allowed to stay at the cabin. The size of the fee varies as it is calculated according to how many people plan on using the cabin, and how big the upkeep costs were the previous year."
As he has always happily paid the fee, he said he expected his girlfriend to have a similar reaction.
He added: "I want to introduce her to this tradition, as she is someone I'm imagining spending many future summers at the cabin with."
But her initial excitement turned to dismay when she was told she must follow the family rule.
Explaining the high cost, her boyfriend wrote: "This year's fee is around $200-400 (depending on how many people use the cabin) due to a big roof leak and some pretty substantial water damage."
But what he thought was a reasonable expectation caused great upset, with the couple arguing and the girlfriend telling her partner she would make plans without him for the summer.
The post concluded: "The rule is very simple and made completely fair on everyone, I don't understand why she thinks she should be exempt from it.
"My brother told me I should just pay her fee for her as my extended family really would like to meet her, but I really don't think that's fair for me to pay double the fee when she's completely capable of paying it herself."
But commenters were quick to take her side, blasting the man for asking for payment in the first place.
One person wrote: "YTA. She's perfectly within her rights not to want to spend 200-400 dollars for a weekend at a shared, broken-down cabin. It's not her family's property, she has no emotional attachments to it, and she may never reap the benefits of fixing it up."
Another added: "Even the audacity of wanting her to pay is a huge red flag."
And several people were left with questions about how the boyfriend expected the payment system to work.
One comment asked: "If she pays the fee and she only visits this one time and OP and she breaks up, is she entitled to use the rest of her 'contribution'?"
Another question: "They really want £200 - 400 for one weekend at a broke-down cabin that constantly needs repairs?"
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