My friend (who is the most lovely person I've ever met) has finished uni up north for the summer and is staying at her boyfriend's barracks down south. She has to go back up to get her bathroom fitted next week. She's so bored up there, and asked if she could take my 3yo DD with her.<br><br>She came to stay with us a couple of months ago, I was working most of the week but she took my DD out of nursery and did loads of fun stuff with her every day. She takes her role as an honourary auntie v seriously, and she absolutely adores her. My DD doesn't get to see her much, but she talks about her all the time, and loves her so much. <br><br>She has a dog who she dotes on (and my DD loves), and she's planning on taking them on loads of walks to the beach and the woods and general fun days out. I know my DD will love it. She spends lots of time at nursery or with my family (because of my work) and she's happy as Larry. She's generally a confident and outgoing kid. She won't get a holiday this year, as I'm saving us to go to said friend's long haul wedding next year. So it'll be a bit of a holiday for her, and I'll be starting full time work in a few weeks, so a good break from nursery with undivided attention. My friend is used to being around kids (though none of her own) and my DD is pretty easygoing - she's not hard work by any stretch of the imagination. <br><br>She hasn't seen her dad for a month (he's awful), so I'm a lone parent and I've just graduated and I work too. So it will be lovely to have a break, though ill miss her so much. I've just bought her a trampoline so am planning to spend my 2 days off next week in the heatwave sunbathing on it reading <img border="0" src="/emo/te/2.gif" alt="grin" data-emoticon="grin"> bliss. It's been years. <br><br>Something my other friend said though, made me feel so guilty. She said if it was her dad then fine, 5 days is ok, but not ok to leave her that long with a close friend. Her dad is unsafe, a drug addict, violent and generally an awful human being, so I don't know why it would be more appropriate to leave her with him over my lovely friend who is properly wholesome, decent and training to be a doctor <img border="0" src="/emo/te/11.gif" alt="confused" data-emoticon="confused"><br><br>AIBU? I feel very guilty. Is she too little for a trip like this?