TO not go on family weekend away?

[Onthedowns]

My brother and brother in law turning 30 this year, their girlfriend and wife said about hiring a large house for 2 nights. It’s withinan hour 10 adults and 6 children. The price has come back 450 per couple. I am horrified. !! I have said we cannafford it as we have other commitments. I hav

Much better to spend your money on te noihydc imo.

In all seriousness though, if you can't afford it then you can't afford it. No amount of guilt tripping from your family can change that. I like the pp idea of going for the day and taking a picnic.

Friends have just informed me that they are considering De Noihydc
Well you can imagine my horror. I told them in no uncertain terms that the
De is a very dangerous aberration and in any case unless it is
te , it is not even considered Noihydc at all.

I am appalled that you are considering taking DC on a holiday involving Te Noiyhdc. Do you have no shame.

On a slightly different note the cost at £50 per head per night seems cheap to me.

Sorry, just very distracted by your other thread.

Yes that's expensive, can you not look for alternatives yourself? Otherwise, just dint feel guilty, it's a lot. I have a larger family and my husband is from a larger family, so I agree that it is expensive for larger places but I've paid less for posh places with hot tubs etc, so see what's about, might be worth going further for longer if it's cheaper.

Well that’s it then, if they really want you to come then they can (as I would if I were them) subsidise you or change the venue. You can’t afford it, you can’t afford it.

That's a lot of money for not a lot of time. Especially if they add in a meal out or expect further contributions for food!
Would it be a dreadful thing to explain your situation to your parents and see if they could help you out or would that just create even more problems in the family?

I don't know the answer - because if you all get on, I can see it might be considered worth it, but if you can't afford it, you can't afford it and they shouldn't be expecting you to put yourself into debt for it!

We cancelled doing similar in December. It would have been about £350 but was a 6-7 hour drive each way, after school on Friday and back again on Sunday. It's too much.

(And ours didn't even include te noiyhdc!!)

Tell them to reschedule for October. It'll be half the price.