Family vacations might not always be pleasant and peaceful. There might be a lot of disagreements along the way, and it’s all about how well you can resolve conflicts, especially if your family is large. One of our readers made the unexpected choice to leave his daughter and her family behind during their vacation. In this article, we reveal the circumstances that led to this decision and give him some helpful tips.
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Your wife might be feeling guilty, and it’s understandable since it affected your daughter. Nevertheless, it’s important to point out that your daughter could have chosen a different trip. Besides, if they needed some time off, they could have asked you to babysit their kids on another day later.
It’s okay to enjoy your life as a couple; you deserve a romantic trip that doesn’t include your children or grandkids. Just because you’re relatives, your daughter is not entitled to your endless help.
At the same time, you didn’t stand your ground when you needed to express your opinion. You agreed to take them on the trip and changed the plans without letting anyone know. Now, everyone is angry and upset, and your grandchildren might have been disappointed as well.
Maybe you interpreted your daughter’s intentions incorrectly. Perhaps she wanted to spend some time with you on such a meaningful day.
Instead of making decisions behind everyone’s back, consider voicing your opinion next time. You should have simply said no in the first place. Handling things secretly is not a mature way to resolve a problem. Once the plans are agreed upon, it’s inconsiderate to change them without consulting the other people who will be involved.
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Your daughter invited herself on your vacation. She's inconsiderate of you both, to treat you and your wife as the inconvenient tag alongs on her vacation that you paid for. She then expected you to babysit for her on your 50th Anniversary celebration and becomes offend when you weren't available. You do not owe her an apology, she should be the one apologizing. You just need to say no to her when it's necessary.
Tell your daughter to stop being such an ignorant spoiled selfish brat. Then tell your wife to get a spine cause had she just said no to begin with none of this would have happened. I still laugh how you stupidly paid for their whole trip except the parents airline tickets. She's mad but got a fancy FREE vacation. You sir raised an idiot.
Seems more like the daughter and son in law had the thought to have a vacation for themselves and leave the grandparents to babysit with no care for that fact that it was their anniversary. You all should not feel the slightest bit bad or guilty.
The daughter hijacked her parents anniversary trip and got in for free. Then expected her parents to babysit?
Your daughter raised by someone else? She should know honeymoons and anniversaries are for couple's! She's so special? What's wrong with her? Boundary setting is a good thing!
