AIBU To want to abandon this holiday 'cos of stroppy DS?

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DS Aged 15 driving everyone mad. Face like thunder, shouts "What've I done wrong now?" ....if you hold eyes for more that 3 seconds, that is. Stroppy, rude, random off thread comments, ungrateful. It's Kevin the teenager. Late last night made random yell sound, dashed in to see if ok, denied it. We are on a holiday, he's upsetting everyone. Am tempted to pack my case & leave or make him pack his bag and leave - with DH. Badly badly needed this holiday rest. Any tips ????

Involve him as much as possible
If he really doesn’t want to join in then leave him at your accommodation or drop him off somewhere for a few hours eg coffee shop subway etc with good WiFi
Take turns to choose activities either day for day or am pm
My DC are now adults and still choose to come on holiday with me, but we often all do our own things and just meet up in an evening to eat
I have allowed them to do this from 13+ it made holidays much easier, as long as I had a rough idea where they were or could contact them by text etc
DD always wanted to go shopping
DS wanted activities or to hang out somewhere with WiFi and play games
I like a museum or art gallery
At least we all like a good meal out!

At 15 I would have (and did) sat on ponies in the rain all day!

I think boys are harder to entertain sometimes. Too old to run on the sand and too young to do museums and castles...I think you need to find some physical indoor activity. Maybe swimming? Try and tire the sulk out of him.

I would just tell him if he wants to stay in the room he can and just go off and do whatever without him.

Nobody likes being forced to do things they don't want to. I love art galleries and DH and DS are not interested at all. So there has been many a holiday where we split for the day and they toddle off to a science museum and I go to an art gallery.

DS was quite stroppy at this age and missed his friends when away. Last year at sixteen we did consult him in where he wanted to go. We ended up going on a cruise and he hit the gym and pool a lot.

Ponies in the rain sounds dire to me but as evidenced is fun for some.

It doesn't sound like he's done much wrong to me. He made a 'random yell' and then denied it? Not the crime of the century! 'Off thread comments'? Teenagers don't have all the adult social graces, I agree, but doesn't sound bad to me. Also 3 seconds is quite a long time to hold someone's gaze I think...
Maybe try to find something fun to do or talk about. Experiment until you find something he can enjoy on the trip. I agree with a pp that gazing at girls in the stables might well be it! Or there might be a game you could all get into ... shithead is good. I don't think you should make him grit his teeth and behave better, but rather try to find a way he can enjoy the holiday with you. It might well not be the tourist attractions that end up working well.
Sarcasm can be good if you all go along with it too and have a laugh. My ds (bit younger, but not much) can talk for hours about Star Wars and enjoy doing that... asking questions about the current obsession and listening (or trying to) is how I get him up to walk up mountains with me.

Until mine reached 16 holidays were planned with them in mind. So we drove to France and took a friend for each and stayed in massive holiday parks where they could swim and disco with lots of other teenagers. I sat by the pool and read books and vaguely supervised. They still talk about the wonderful times they had. They are children for such a short time. After 16 they stopped wanting to come with me as I knew would happen and then my trips exploring and travelling to far off places began. I used to be dragged on family holidays to Scotland, bloody awful memories. It was always raining and if we camped in the middle of no where no other kids. teens need and want other teens, they don't want parents or other adults except to provide the necessities in life