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17 years old dd is refusing to come with us on holiday

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Joanfromnextdoor · 05/08/2024 20:05

Name change here as I don’t want to be recognised with my other threads.

We are due to travel to France this weekend and stay for a week. We are going to see my parents for the weekend (they are french) and go for a few days in Normandy. Dd is now refusing to go, saying she hates it there, she is not confident at all with her french (my fault). We went at Christmas last year for the first time in at least 10 years and she said she hated it, felt depressed there.

I think Covid didn’t help at all as we didn’t go to France for 2 years and she has a massive blockage about going.

I have pleaded with her..and she reluctantly said yes she was coming but then changed her mind again. I got her a ticket to Reading to see her favourite artist, I booked for the 2 of us to go to Paris in December as she really wanted to go to find a compromise with her.

I can’t leave her because she is not matured enough, I don’t trust her, she would be the kind to not close the fridge properly, leave rubbish everywhere, she refuses to do anything pretty much.

We have no family that could help us.

We have a 20 years old daughter who really wants to go, we can’t cancel the holiday.

AIBU to lose my shit with her ?? What would you do ?

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Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:29

Merci @TiroirSousLeMiroir 😘@RampantIvy

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Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:29

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:28

Merci @Runnerinthenight c’est vraiment gentil de dire ça. And also thank you to everyone else who has been kind. I love my daughter with all my heart and yesterday I was frustrated but I have reacted positively today all in the best interest of my daughter.

De rien! Bonne chance! x

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:28

Merci @Runnerinthenight c’est vraiment gentil de dire ça. And also thank you to everyone else who has been kind. I love my daughter with all my heart and yesterday I was frustrated but I have reacted positively today all in the best interest of my daughter.

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RampantIvy · 06/08/2024 21:28

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:23

D'accord!

Moi aussi

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:26

Yes she is really lazy there is no denying it and she is not mature enough to be left on her own. She also admitted she goes to bed late every night even when she went to school … so not getting enough sleep so she needs a better sleep hygiene. I’m going to help her declutter her room so her environment will be better, we are going to get her a new bed too as she hates her current bed (despite having chose it 2 years ago). Little steps are going to be taken to make things better.

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BruFord · 06/08/2024 21:25

Gogogo12345 · 06/08/2024 21:21

Hang on. So if she's been going to 6th form then it can't be more than a couple of weeks of school holidays she's been holed up in her room.

So why is it so terrible to be expected to leave the room for whatever reason?

That’s also my thinking, @Gogogo12345. Initially I assumed that she’s been holed up in her room for ages, but it’s only since schools broke up. She’s been out and around other people recently.

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:23

TiroirSousLeMiroir · 06/08/2024 21:21

@Joanfromnextdoor je dirais que vous avez très bien géré la situation. N'écoutez pas les gens déglingués qui n'ajoutent rien d'utile.

D'accord!

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:23

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:21

Tirade? I have been very restrained, are you related to the OP?

Final post.

So you keep saying. You have not been one bit restrained. Your comments have been completely unreasonable. No, not related, just dislike seeing posters get treated the way you're doing!

RampantIvy · 06/08/2024 21:22

Just stop it @SoreAndTired1 !

Stop projecting.

I have parented an anxious and depressed teen as well. A chage of scene in her case was a good idea.

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:22

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:17

Christ....

Yes?????

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:21

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:20

You should be thoroughly ashamed, directing an abusive tirade of posts at a clearly concerned mother! Do you think that's remotely helpful?!

Tirade? I have been very restrained, are you related to the OP?

Final post.

ThistleTits · 06/08/2024 21:21

@Joanfromnextdoor leaving the fridge door open and not putting rubbish in the bin is the least of your worries. That's not immaturity, it's laziness.
Mine had a party that got out of control. Cost thousands to put right. We had left her at her nan's with my instructions that she was not allowed to sleep over at any friend's. Of course that was ignored and she'd sneakily got a key cut. You can imagine the rest.
Take her with you.

Gogogo12345 · 06/08/2024 21:21

Hang on. So if she's been going to 6th form then it can't be more than a couple of weeks of school holidays she's been holed up in her room.

So why is it so terrible to be expected to leave the room for whatever reason?

TiroirSousLeMiroir · 06/08/2024 21:21

@Joanfromnextdoor je dirais que vous avez très bien géré la situation. N'écoutez pas les gens déglingués qui n'ajoutent rien d'utile.

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:20

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:19

As someone who has had a daughter go through a similar mental health crisis, I would never have dreamed of putting a holiday before her. This thread is heartbreaking. I'm going to hide the thread.

I think that would be for the best. This is not your situation.

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:20

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:18

I just want my daughter to be elsewhere than the 4 walls in her bedroom, that’s all..to be all together in a cute part of France.

Then take her for a stroll into town. A picnic in your local town park. A walk each day in your neighbourhood. Don't jump from her bedroom to another country! You're just making excuses to justify putting yourself first and some of us can see right through it.
I'm out.

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:20

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You should be thoroughly ashamed, directing an abusive tirade of posts at a clearly concerned mother! Do you think that's remotely helpful?!

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:19

As someone who has had a daughter go through a similar mental health crisis, I would never have dreamed of putting a holiday before her. This thread is heartbreaking. I'm going to hide the thread.

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:18

I just want my daughter to be elsewhere than the 4 walls in her bedroom, that’s all..to be all together in a cute part of France.

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SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:17

Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:15

Well France has good hospitals. What is it to you?

Christ....

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:17

Joanfromnextdoor · 06/08/2024 21:14

It’s a change of scenery for all of us !

Your daughter needs stability and the safety and security of her home. Stop pretending this is for your daughter.

restingbitchface30 · 06/08/2024 21:16

I’m going away for a week in a fortnight and leaving my 19 and 17 yo home. My 19yo is mature thankfully so I know everything will be ok. Can you leave her home and get someone to check in every couple of days?

SoreAndTired1 · 06/08/2024 21:16

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Runnerinthenight · 06/08/2024 21:16

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Why don't you just back right off? Don't you think the OP has enough on her plate without your vitriolic comments?

TiroirSousLeMiroir · 06/08/2024 21:16

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You sound deranged. You are haranguing this woman who you have never met, and crucially have never met the daughter. Leave it be.

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