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AIBU?

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FionaOccupier · 28/07/2025 16:17

Do you always go together to visit the overseas family?

I always have done previously but now, six years in, I really can’t be bothered. I don’t speak the language fluently (DP has no interest in helping me to learn), the family are lovely but busy living their lives, the location is beautiful but very rural and I’ve done everything worth doing, and DP’s focused on catching up with his friends and family. It feels like I spend 90% of my annual leave nodding and smiling.

AIBU to skip it next time?

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Justlurking101 · 28/07/2025 16:39

I'd say 1 trip a year is plenty

humblebea · 28/07/2025 16:38

Do your children speak the language? Even if your partner doesn’t help you learn I still think it’s important to try. I don’t think you should be spending all your annual leave visiting family though.

FionaOccupier · 28/07/2025 16:29

I should probably add that we’ve already been twice this year and will be back for Christmas. But DP wants to go again next month and I am strongly considering pulling out.

It is important for the children to see their grandparents and other culture, but we take literally no holidays elsewhere or as a nuclear family.

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