My own parents think that "all those poor people who own timeshares in this economy can't get rid of them!" We told them years ago that we'd bought, but I guess they forgot. They don't know anything about the DIS. But they don't have any problem with DH and I going to WDW yearly, or me taking frequent trips without him. Mom went once with me, and although she'd love to go back, Dad won't go.
My in-laws all just feel bad for us-DBIL and his wife got pressured into a timeshare in Orlando and are sure that the reason we own because we got pressured, too. So they think they understand. No one knows that we've ever bought more points-no one understands points, and their eyes glaze over when we try to explain, so we don't. They're tolerant of my solo trips, when DH tells them, "Dorothy's going to WDW alone again" and are more puzzled about him being so supportive of his wife vacationing alone than anything. DMIL went to WDW once with us, and although she liked it, I don't think she loved it (althugh she did enjoy playing golf there).
No one around where we live owns, and not many people have been to WDW, so we don't tell many people about our frequent trips.
There are elements in my family that are a bit, um... judgmental, so I have tried not to discuss it all that much with them. They know we are Disney freaks and that we go at least once a year. They have to know, because the kids talk about it a lot, we come back with a ton of photos and I usually ask them to dogsit. But I try to avoid the details as much as possible. 
. I was just telling my Dsis I was planning a mother/son trip next year for his b-day. It's not a "big" b-day (he'll be 12). She told me I was really grasping at straws & looking for any excuse to go. Well yah! You're just figuring this out now? 
Clearly she doesn't get it. This from the person who either goes to Aruba or Malibu, CA on all her vacations. 
? If they knew we owned DVC they would flip their lids & we'd never hear the end of it. They don't know the meaning of mind your own business or let it go! Sad that we have to keep things from them, but that's how it goes with families sometimes.
We havent shared much w/ her since then
First trip to WDW in 2002 at age 32. Had a known what I was missing...or if I had gone as a child...I would be one of the VIP Tour Guides by now. I would not be a nurse and living in MS. In 2004 I had a nursing friend who was a DVC member and I remember how much she loved it and raved about all the trips. Several months later a nurse friend bought her membership. But before that I knew a doctor who was a member and they were almost through paying off their membership in 2003. I could have asked him questions all day. 
