Have had 13 year old neice to stay for a week. We gave it our all in taking her to lots of exciting activities, including a theme park one day. We did it as we enjoy it and it gives her mum (my sister) a break to get on with work. We did the same thing last summer too, having my neice for a week.
Neice said she had had a lovely time at end of visit , although she didn't thank us. Is it unreasonable to expect my sister (her mum) to thank us for our efforts to give her daughter a great week, or is it unnecessary as we're family?
I think the reason why I feel put out is that neice broke blind off the wall accidentally, despite being told to ask for help if she wanted to open or close it. We told her not to mess with blind as she also broke it off the wall on last year's visit. There was no apology about the broken blind from my sister, either this year or last year.