I’ve been watching this thread for a while but have only posted once before but my god, watching those videos of them hammered and being loud mouthed and gagging for a fight on holiday has made me feel so sad.
I was that child, I had 2 alcoholic parents that did this on holiday. I remember feeling so so tired, trying to sleep on the chairs or floor or whatever was there whilst my mum and dad got smashed, embarassed themselves then fight when we got back to wherever we were staying which resulted in me not sleeping due to fear they’d wake up and start fighting again.
I’m 30 now, with a beautiful 11 month old, a wonderful husband and I am so glad that my daughter will never have to worry about us being drunk and loud mouthed. We love our holidays but they are so different now, we’ve been lucky enough to have 2 since little one was born but not that I was a big drinker anyway due to the trauma from seeing the addiction in my parents but I did used to have a little drink on holiday, now I’m happy to either not drink or have a cocktail at dinner. Our little ones deserve to feel safe, loved and secure. If my girl is content and warm sleeping in her pram then we stayed up watching the entertainment in the restaurants and bars etc but if she was tired, grumpy, not able to sleep we’d both go straight back with her so she could be comfy in her bed and get some sleep. This is what being a parent is. Also, over my dead body would my little girl get sunburn under my watch. I feel so sorry for the poor boys. Absolute shitshow. I speak as somebody who has so much trauma from these kinds of situations. It’s made me feel quite tearful imagining the kids feeling like I did.