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To be hating my family holiday

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Wineplz90 · 18/08/2024 15:56

Currently away on holiday with DC 7 and Partner.
Absolutely sick and can't wait to return in three days time.
Hotel with slide and pool etc, been on trips and generally tried to do stuff they will enjoy.
All we've had is moaning and not an ounce of peace even for 5 minutes.
Won't even sleep in their own bed which is literally in touching distance from ours.
Partner has been great and we've tried to take turns doing stuff but it's still been really really hard work.
Is this very ones experience 🙄🙄🙄 I'm just disappointed I guess

OP posts:
LaMadameCholet · 18/08/2024 16:17

Gettingbysomehow · 18/08/2024 16:01

I find kids tend to hate holidays unless they are Disney land or something like that. Beach holidays or city breaks just bore them.

Nope, mine thoroughly enjoyed UK beach holidays and exploring new towns/cities.

ginasevern · 18/08/2024 16:17

My son (an only child) never went to Disney or anything similar. We did very occasionally visit a theme or water park but we certainly didn't build holidays or days out around this requirement and it was a rarity anyway. We never holidayed anywhere with kids clubs either, just not our type of scene. He amused himself playing on the beach and (as I'm a history buff) would happily visit churches, castles, museums etc. I always made it informed and interesting for him (including the journey there on "foreign" public transport) and he has inherited my love of history.

LaMadameCholet · 18/08/2024 16:16

What is DC moaning about, what’s actually bothering them?

sleekcat · 18/08/2024 16:16

I haven't found this either. Have a large age gap between my children so eldest holidayed with us as an only child at that age. He always loved the holidays, which were beach ones with pools (no slides!) and a bit of sightseeing. Youngest, when he was about 5, moaned a bit about not liking the food and not wanting to wear sun cream, and also not wanting to walk (on a day trip where there was a lot of walking in the heat) but generally it was a positive experience. He loved the pool and beaches. If mine had moaned a lot and spoiled my holiday I would probably tell them we wouldn't go again!

PeachRose1986 · 18/08/2024 16:15

Gettingbysomehow · 18/08/2024 16:01

I find kids tend to hate holidays unless they are Disney land or something like that. Beach holidays or city breaks just bore them.

Not in my experience at all.

Doggymummar · 18/08/2024 16:12

Is there no kids club?

TheFairyCaravan · 18/08/2024 16:10

Gettingbysomehow · 18/08/2024 16:01

I find kids tend to hate holidays unless they are Disney land or something like that. Beach holidays or city breaks just bore them.

I don’t agree.

My kids absolutely loved their beach/pool type holidays and look back on them with more fondness than their Disney holidays.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 18/08/2024 16:09

Gettingbysomehow · 18/08/2024 16:01

I find kids tend to hate holidays unless they are Disney land or something like that. Beach holidays or city breaks just bore them.

I haven’t found this at all, mine are 10, 9 and 5 and have always loved a beach/pool holiday, and a city break. We’ve never been to Disney so I guess they’ve got nothing to compare it to. They’ll amuse themselves for hours on a rocky beach.
OP I guess at 7 on holiday he’s going to need fairly constant attention, as he’ll have no one else to play with. It’s just part and parcel of having kids. What’s the moaning about?

WonderingWanda · 18/08/2024 16:04

Is your partner your dc's father?

Libre2 · 18/08/2024 16:04

We are on the “holiday of a lifetime” with my teens (13 and 15) and whilst they and DH have been amazing, the pressure to have fun and be well and with it all the time is exhausting. I am just desperate to get home.

Gettingbysomehow · 18/08/2024 16:01

I find kids tend to hate holidays unless they are Disney land or something like that. Beach holidays or city breaks just bore them.

pikkumyy77 · 18/08/2024 15:58

I cooked a massive dinner for 13 people on our holiday and then discovered I had covid. We just left the holiday house and are heading home. I hear you on big family things being difficult!