For me it'll depend on the type of holiday. Will you all be renting a cottage or villa together? Or will you be in different hotel rooms? Will you have to spent every part of the holiday together?How do people handle being asked to go on a family holiday with loads of kids? There's talk of a weekend away next year with all my nieces and nephews and siblings. I'm not too keen as you can imagine.
Can you wait until there’s a solid date and then be mysteriously busy?How do people handle being asked to go on a family holiday with loads of kids? There's talk of a weekend away next year with all my nieces and nephews and siblings. I'm not too keen as you can imagine.
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I see what you mean but I do think that they'd expect me to go. I think when you have kids it might not occur to you that not everyones top priority is going to be the same. We're the only ones without kids, the rest all have them and probably love the idea of all the cousins and family being together@SqualorVictoria they might have just invited you so you don't feel left out but not actually expect you to come, but I feel they should have pointed this out when they invited you
Can you just be honest and say you don't want to spend your weekend this way? I know there is a general expectation that everyone has to say yes to family but if it's going to make you miserable then it isn't a holiday for you and shouldn't be an obligation.I see what you mean but I do think that they'd expect me to go. I think when you have kids it might not occur to you that not everyones top priority is going to be the same. We're the only ones without kids, the rest all have them and probably love the idea of all the cousins and family being together
My parents, sister, brother in law and nephew booked a holiday in Majorca and invited me and my partner. We politely declined because we knew the whole holiday would revolve around my nephew and we'd feel awkward if we tried to do our own thing while we were there. There were no hard feelings, and when I heard how it had gone I was relieved we decided against it! I love my family but couldn't cope with holidaying with them, kids or no kids!I see what you mean but I do think that they'd expect me to go. I think when you have kids it might not occur to you that not everyones top priority is going to be the same. We're the only ones without kids, the rest all have them and probably love the idea of all the cousins and family being together
Excellent idea! We should plan a big trip for next year@SqualorVictoria when another trip was floated for us we just said we can’t afford it because we already have our own holiday plans. A polite way of saying ‘I don’t want to spend another week with your kids’
I say no. No further explanation required.How do people handle being asked to go on a family holiday with loads of kids? There's talk of a weekend away next year with all my nieces and nephews and siblings. I'm not too keen as you can imagine.
I'm sure to spend Christmas day with my sister and her family. We had my nephew and my sister over for tea on Sunday and he was absolutely horrendous. Even my sister admitted he was being a little shit. I was actually glad when he went home as it was really stressful having him there. I'm worried that with all the excitement and sugar consumption of christmas day, he'll be just as bad, if not worse and I just want a quiet day! I feel so bad for saying that because I adore him, but I'm really not looking forward to it!I won't even spend Christmas day with my nieces/nephews, never mind go on holiday with them! Time off work is precious to me so I refuse to waste it doing stuff that I don't enjoy.
Like I've said before, some parents fail to realise that the majority of people don't find their children as cute and charming as they do
A friend of mine has three kids. The eldest and youngest are entitled little brats, yet she thinks the sun shines out of their arse and can't see how cheeky and badly behaved they are.Like I've said before, some parents fail to realise that the majority of people don't find their children as cute and charming as they do
In all honesty…if you really think you won’t enjoy it, skip it. From experience, everything from what you do, where you go, what you eat and when will revolve around the kids. If it’s somewhere not too far from where you live you could always suggest joining them for the day so at least it’s not your entire weekend written off?How do people handle being asked to go on a family holiday with loads of kids? There's talk of a weekend away next year with all my nieces and nephews and siblings. I'm not too keen as you can imagine.
Yeah I could do that, will wait and see when they announce where it is. That's exactly my experience with things like these in the past, everything revolves around the kids. Totally fair enough as they're the kids and we're the adults but a whole weekend of that is not my idea of fun.In all honesty…if you really think you won’t enjoy it, skip it. From experience, everything from what you do, where you go, what you eat and when will revolve around the kids. If it’s somewhere not too far from where you live you could always suggest joining them for the day so at least it’s not your entire weekend written off?
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