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I should be posting this in relationships, but.......

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Scree · 29/06/2007 07:22

OH came home 2 hours early last night, and I was mid way through packing for our first camping holiday. We have two children, 19 months and 5 months. He complained about the mess, and that there wasn't anything for him to eat after a 12 hour day at work (!!!), and was basically thoroughly unpleasant.
He refused to help me do anything last night and said that he'd be up earlier than me in the morning to do anything I needed him to do. He's still in bed!
This morning he has told me that he doesn;t want to go camping at all in this weather.
I am desperate to go, we have everything we need, all new, all fantastic. Montana 6 tent ffs. I've not been so excited about a holiday in years! I booked the camp site in March, and he was really pleased about it then.
My husband isn't really a very nice person, to cut a long story short, and is extremely selfish. He is quite likely to ruin the holiday by complaining incessantly about the rain, rather than just 'getting on with it' and making the best of things. I think that the girls will love it if he can only behave himself.
However, if he really is going to hate it that much, is there any point in going? Will it be that bad? I feel like I could persuade him to actually go, but not be able to stop him grumbling once there.
weather forecast here, we're supposed to be going this morning.
Help! Should we go?

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sniff · 29/06/2007 07:27

could you go on your own ????

It would be some peoples worst nightmare camping with so much rain but I would enjoy it!!

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whomovedmychocolate · 29/06/2007 07:41

Go on your own - serve him bloody right. I'd put the bedclothes in the washing machine too - that normally gets people up - particularly if you fling the windows open!

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BecauseImWorthIt · 29/06/2007 07:43

Go without him and have a bloody good time! Camping in the rain can be fun (as long as you don't get flooded out of course!)

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littlelapin · 29/06/2007 07:43

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ekra · 29/06/2007 07:45

How long are you supposed to be going for?

I probably wouldn't go with children that age. We've been trying to go camping for the past 3 weekends and called it off each time due to the weather. We have 2 DDs and the youngest is 21 months. It is the toddler which makes camping in the rain more tricky - or IMO anyway.

Plus, there's rain and there's RAIN! A little drizzle or sporadic downpour doesn't put me off. But the weather at the moment is quite severe with flash floos, possible storms. The rain is heavy and constant and is the type which means you are soaked through within a short space of time.

I'm rambling now.... can you put the trip off for another time?

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babedia · 29/06/2007 08:23

That forecast doesn't look THAT bad! I know exactly how you feel about being excited. We had planner our first camping trip for the last May bank holiday weekend with horrendous forecasts. DH said in the morning we shouldn't go and I was almost in tears with disappointment - I surprised myself with my reaction. I did manage to convince him in the end and we had a brilliant time despite the constant rain. And he loved it!

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WaynettaSpice · 29/06/2007 08:27

ST Ives is lovely.
So you'll get wet, so what! I remember fondly lots of holidays in SW Ireland where it would rain non-stop, so we used to go out in our shorts and sandals and raincoats, and had a ball!

If you are able to look after the DCs on your own (and keep the toddler amused if it is raining, then I would tell your DH exactly what you've told us, that you're really excited, and that you're looknig forward to it, and that if he wants to miss his baby's first holiday then that's his choice, but you're going anyway.

Have a great time.

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pigleto · 29/06/2007 08:29

It will be tricky keeping the little ones warm in the wet. I took dd camping at 10 months and she spent a week crawling around in mud. We cleaned millets out of fleeces and we were still frozen. She seemed to enjoy it but I didn't.

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Scree · 29/06/2007 08:50

Thank you!! Think he's coming round to the idea, but getting him to do anything other than look after himself is a bit of a struggle. (Although he did give dd1 her breakfast to be fair).
Passing driving test ( I'm 35!) is this years job, so I can't really go on my own. Although I was running through some alternative possibilities!
Hopefully we'll be off in about an hour!

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WaynettaSpice · 29/06/2007 08:58

That's good news. If I was you (and have been in similar situations with a sulky DH) I would continue to take control of the entire situation - get the stuff in the car, sort out the kids, get some music or whatever ready to listen to, and basically ignore your DH's strop, and start your hiliday with a clean slate.

Have a fabby time, and check in when you get back.
x

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littlelapin · 29/06/2007 09:14

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controlfreaky2 · 29/06/2007 09:17

me too. and i'm......... 45!

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Scree · 09/07/2007 13:39

Hi, Thanks all, had a good time despite weather, OH was (mostly) fine in the end thank goodness, but lost tent here
Glad to be home now, but looking forward to going again in better weather, if we ever get another tent, that is.
Littlelapin and controlfreaky, I think we should start a driving thread. Are you up for trying to pass asap?