Family members that want a forum and then lose interest

[kevcj]

A couple of my family members have asked me to build them a forum.

Since I can not develop the site, post content and build backlinks for all of the sites at the same time, I wanted to stagger the release of the sites. All of this was explained to the family members. That if they would help with each other sites, then the sites could be released faster.

But the problem is, the family members lose interest real fast. If the traffic is not instant (within a few months), they think the site has failed and give up.

And now here I am, I have spent untold hours tweaking the themes, building backlinks, building content and the people that wanted the forums are no longer interested. The other family members that said they would help, they lost interest a long time ago - but they still want their own site.

Its like a circle of burden on me.

I have spent the last 9 month working on my sons site, only for him to say he is no longer interested.

My wifes forum - about 7 or 8 months old, and she will not hardly post on it. A couple of days ago she even mentioned selling it.

How do the members of this community deal with family members and friends that want "their own site"? This is a lot of work, only to have someone that wants to walk away from the project.

And then there is the money factor - 3 vbulletin licenses aint cheap.