aibu to go on holiday without the children

[welshcake30]

Hi, im a long time lurcer have not been on chat before so please go easy ! my partner and i booked a 2 week holiday last year for this coming week ,have done this a couple of years ago and had a fab time but now the children are older and more demanding im nervouse . The children will stay in their own home with their grandparents whom they see everyday so are very close and play a very important role in their day to day lives ,they are 8 & 6 years old and mostly well behaved, am i worried over something and nothing ?

depends if the children get a holiday too or not.. if not, then you are being rather selfish..

yes squeaky they do get a holiday in the summer .

go for it I have never done anything like that but it was due to no babysitters if i could I would, will you children get away somewhere in the summer ?

then don't worry about anything and have a fantastic holiday

stop showing off you've got babysitters

YANBU. Have a great time.

No way, you're definitely not BU! I'm jealous, 2 weeks of peace and quiet!
The children will get a holiday in the summer, and they shouldn't be taken out of school in term time anyway.
Have a fab time...

We go away without our children every year but we also go away with the 5 of them for a week as well.
Yanbu.

Two weeks does seem like a long time, I would have thought a week would have been enough.

In that case then go for it and enjoy. Kids will be in their familiar surrounding, with grandparents who will be looking after them, so I really dont see any problem.

Just because you have kids, doesnt mean you also stop being a couple in a relationship too.

DH took me to New York in the summer and we left the boys at home with my parents.

We all do have a holiday together as well though.

Well it's not the same situation, but DP and I are going on our ever first holiday alone, without DSS (or other family/friends), this March. I am really excited! ...so of course I think you are NBU.

We will still be going away with DSS in the summer on a 'family' type holiday, which will be nice too.

Here in France, a huge proportion of parents routinely leave their children in their grandparents' care for weeks on end in school holidays (usually for work rather than holiday reasons, but still).

thanks for all the replies ,we live in a rural villiage where my situation is not practised often i.e nobody seems to go anywhere ,so am glad that so many of you enjoy some time to yourselves also .