Being latched onto abroad! NOW

[Poisongirl81]

Help! We don't want to appear rude but we are in Spain with my toddler and another couple have latched onto us for a week now...they have 3 dc and are different ages to ours 🙂 today we got up early to put towels down but they spotted us and so sad next to us...again! We can't move our towels now as it would be rude. We just want to chill and read but they talk all day mainly at us!

This thread is nuts. Do not go off to the beach on your own!

Go over to the pool, call DH over, snog his face off then announce to your 'new friends' that you're going off for some time alone with a sleazy wink.

that should be 'time alone, with a sleazy wink.'

I didn't mean to imply you and DH were about to embark in a threesome with a sleazy wink-type person

So it gets worse she has just plunked herself on the lounger next to me. Complains she is bored and likes to go out of the hotel do we fancy it tonight. I said no I like it here...they should go. She says no we are having such fun with us guys but almost making me feel guilty they can't go out.

Oh for crying out loud!

Thanks for that Victoria Wood clip.

"Sometimes he'd even say: 'Kathy and Alan, please leave me alone.' "

A friend in work made friends with a couple who then turned up, unannounced, with a caravan in tow.
The parked on her driveway and said they would sleep in it.
That night she was watching Crimewatch and their faces appeared on the screen .

As this is your holiday and it is your time with your family i think you are going to have to be either rude or make polite excuses to shrug these people off, you are on holiday and are not going to have to see these people again. Good luck and if they don't get the message tell them to F off.

Hmm OP if this is allowed to go on much longer I'm going to start suspecting you're enjoying it...

OP do you want one of us to fly over there and tell them to fuck off for you? What do you actually want from this thread if you're going to ignore all the advice you've been given?

"We want to spend the last few days as a family". There. That's it. That's all you need to say!

Just say you are enjoying your first holiday since you got oit of jail for stalking

Do you see them at breakfast?
Tomorrow, could you avoid them at breakfast, after breakfast go back to your room, get your stuff and go for a lovely 15-20 min walk down the beach to a spot where nobody from your hotel will be. Set up camp for the day there and hope for the best?
This happened to us one year on holiday. My mum, dad and sister were joining us for our second week, so we palmed them off on them!! Mwahahahaha

"So it gets worse she has just plunked herself on the lounger next to me. Complains she is bored and likes to go out of the hotel do we fancy it tonight. I said no I like it here...they should go. She says no we are having such fun with us guys but almost making me feel guilty they can't go out."

"Actually I think it would be nice to have an evening on our own this evening, but you should definitely go out if you want to! "

Fuck sake op, while she's there, just say... Glad I've chance to chat with you, really just want to chill with dh for last couple of days, its been great meeting you though, we'll have to swap emails yeah?

Or not, you can also waste the last hours of your holiday bitching on here.

I am pretty sure the OP isn't reading any replies, she's just using MN to vent every now and again, so we're all wasting our time.

Just ask her if she ever goes on Mumsnet - and that there's a really interesting thread in AIBU about holidays on there at the moment

I am getting stressed out just listening to this....and I am not even there!
We have had this ALOT in the past, and like you I am not good at being direct/rude/to the point (I wish I was!)

In this situation I would just tell the woman we are spending the last few days on our own, as we never have time together as a family - and you hope she understands and you will try and catch up with her before you go.

DH needs talking through the plan first when she/he/they come over next time, just wave in dismissive way and wish them a nice day/evening. DO NOT engage in any conversation at all. Close the conversation immediately sit on the lounger with your eyes closed until you are sure they have gone elsewhere. No one would dream of waking you up.
If you are awake and reading, tell her it is a crucial part of the story you will see her later etc.

So so so so annoying that they are projecting their family dysfunction onto you. You are never going to see them again so who cares if you offend them!

Right, OP, I don't think anyone can suggest anything else now - you;re still engaging with them and suggesting they take this photo or do this or that. Just stop talking to them FFS.... make an excuse, look at your phone, read your book, pretend you're fast asleep, it's up to you now.

Anyway OP, what was your reply when she said no she's having fun with you guys?

Next time she starts a conversation like this, don't wither away - tell yourself you are going to keep going until you make your point.

Come back with 'ah, that's nice but we're going to spend a bit of time on our own - bye!' etc etc.

Please tell them.

I've just booked my family holiday to Spain and your stories are making me nervous. We usually book a villa but we're trying out an aparthotel with a spa yippee this year.

In my excitement I forgot about other people.

Like I said, I don't think the OP's reading anyone's posts, but I bet when the OP's back home, she'll have a look at this thread and realise all the things she should have said and she'll regret it. What a waste of a holiday for the sake of a bit of polite assertiveness.

So glad I have resting bitch face. OP just make out like you're not listening to her, immersed in your book. Answer every questuon with a vague "Hmmmm?" while not looking at her.

PyongyangKipperbang I love that! Gonna stick it on the DVD now. Thanks for the memory

Poisongirl are you always so weak and spineless? FFS what is the point posting about it if all you're going to do is moan and tell posters what a dreadful holiday you're having when the only people who can resolve this are YOU and your DH.