DP's parents have a annual tradition of going to a particular holiday destination since DP was born.
When DP and I got together four years ago, I was invited to join them and for a couple of years this became our annual holiday destination too.
However, last year I decided to go somewhere different as I only get one good stretch of holiday time a year and I wanted to experience new and different parts of the world.
This caused a lot of tension in DP's family and they were very displeased with me. After a lot of hoo-ha, DP decided to go on holiday with his parents again instead of joining me.
I'm pretty independent so I didn't mind going alone and had a brilliant time.
The same problem has come up again this year.
DP has decided though, this time, to come with me. And his parents are very upset.
I really don't want to cause problems between DP and his parents. And it's definitely not a case of rejecting their company which I have tried to explain - we visit them several times a year and telephone regularly. It's just that I don't want to go on the same holiday every year. And now neither does DP.
I'm being accused of being divisive and splitting the family unit up.
And while I understand that it's an unwelcome change to a long established family tradition, I also think it's a bit unreasonable of DP's parents to dictate our holidays.
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laidbackneko · 16/06/2016 13:37
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