Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to want to cut my head off rather than go on a weeks holiday with in laws?

27 replies

Cezzy · 21/05/2011 10:53

In a caravan! With MIL who can't stand me although she won't tell me to my face. Last time we went on hols with my parents and them she spent best part of 2 weeks telling my mum how I am rude and offish and unreasonable, then gets upset when my mum suggests that perhaps they shouldn't come over EVERY Sunday afternoon, staying until gone 9pm as DH works 6 days and its the only day we have together. They don't like doing anything, won't swim, moan about everything, too hot, too cold, too expensive, could cook better food than restuarant (she can't actually - her cooking triggers my IBS), tuts if I tell children off (really annoying!). And only one bathroom! Last time we stayed in a tourer and they had a big caravan on the same site, I ended up having to shop and cook meals for everyone apart from breakfast on a tiny stove and I can see I'll have to do it again as she is very slow and food is cold by the time she has dished up. We are saving for an expensive holiday this year with kids and really don't need this expense but FIL won't go on own with her cos she gives him a hard time, so we are having to go too. I am really dreading this, need to take my ipod and lots of books to take myself off. AIBU to not want to go, and should I go along with it, although it will take about £1000 we've saved for other holiday as we will have to pay 1/2 cost of caravan and food/ drink etc for 4 of us? Any ideas how I can get out of it without offending DH? (other than drastic self harm)

OP posts:
memphis83 · 21/05/2011 11:57

saying to fil about camping after you bought a cheap tent surely shows them you planned a cheap camping trip, tent pitches are a lot cheaper than rental of a caravan, if you really had to go then couldnt you camp then retreat to the caravan for most of the time to get away from her?

I feel your pain my mil's birthday is soon and they wanted to go abroad, we have a baby and I said the heat will make him grumpy, her answer to that was suncream and a sunhat will sort him Hmm its turned into a week in wales, we have booked for a weekend of it our hotel 10 mins from theirs, w DH knows nothing about cars, I plan on tampering with car so we can spend 1 less day of weekend with them!! Grin

ENormaSnob · 21/05/2011 13:58

Not a chance would I go on this holiday.

Yadnbu

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread