{"id":58569,"date":"2025-05-11T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=58569"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:42:18","slug":"we-paid-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=58569","title":{"rendered":"We Paid fo."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-los2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/496866191_579588968485781_8801745963254139641_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=101&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_eui2=AeGTyKiWC66uK_wGnF_h45svseVQsC3ssHqx5VCwLeywemdFCcVZFXTRfsnQNdxtVOZug8P1xfbbpQNHYX9kaKek&amp;_nc_ohc=INpW0-mySvUQ7kNvwFcF-4L&amp;_nc_oc=Adlx8eXw7fEkMc9HX8GNHBn_QNGqVjjUpfpJEppZ_0IbfAKxh10VDwkViVjTakRWCyp8mn3o89tH1PTPQTk9S-Xn&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-los2-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=ZqcUY27uMmUkpIJnAt8ERA&amp;oh=00_AfIbPz6OJKG3FaE-nU_lcWhMVO2Zpjsm59H_SgCrrqG-uw&amp;oe=68267C7B\" alt=\"May be an image of 1 person and text\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When my stepdaughter Brooke got married, my husband Gary and I did everything we could to make it perfect. From covering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>her college tuition to throwing her dream vineyard wedding, we\u2019d always gone the extra mile. For her honeymoon, we booked a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>stunning villa in the Dominican Republic\u2014private pool, ocean views, everything a newlywed couple could want. The morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>after they arrived, my phone rang. It was Brooke, and she was furious. \u201cThis place is tiny,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d she complained. \u201cThe pool is pathetic, and the beach is a five-minute walk. Honestly, you guys are so cheap.\u201d Gary was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>stunned. After everything we\u2019d done, she was upset because the villa didn\u2019t meet her over-the-top expectations. Instead of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>arguing, I took a deep breath\u2014and made a call to the villa management. I downgraded their stay to a modest hotel room nearby. No ocean view. No private pool. Just the basics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my stepdaughter Brooke got married, my husband Gary and I did everything we could to make it perfect. From covering her college tuition to throwing her&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58570,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58569\/revisions\/58570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}