I’ve always wondered with the way she disposes of her children whether that was the way she way treated as a kid so that’s what she thinks of as normal. Given it’s always her husband’s family that look after them and not hers, it doesn’t seem like they have much of a relationship other than for big events like Christmas etc. so it makes me think that her family if just one of those dynamics where no one is particularly close.
My parents used to do similar with us as kids, not as often but definitely overseas holidays alone from when we were primary school aged. I never realised until I was older how uncommon that was/is but I do think it’s shaped how I perceive things like trips away without kids.
My parents used to do similar with us as kids, not as often but definitely overseas holidays alone from when we were primary school aged. I never realised until I was older how uncommon that was/is but I do think it’s shaped how I perceive things like trips away without kids.