To go away for the weekend?

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I know I'm not really, but for some reason I feel really guilty.
I have two DD's, 11 and 13. Divorced from
Their Dad years ago. This weekend is his full contact weekend with them and I'm due to go away to a festival from Friday morning to Monday morning. I'm not missing any of 'my' time with them. I haven't been away anywhere without them for about a year and a half. Their Dad goes away frequently and semi regularly misses his time with them as a result-they are sometimes a bit sad about that but they just seem to crack on really-they just stay at mine instead of being at his on those occasions.

I don't know why I feel so bad about going. It's something they would like to attend (and I've looked in to them coming but it's prohibitively expensive as this point plus DP And I need a weekend away-we've not had a great time of it lately).

There is no real reason why I shouldn't go and if I didn't I would only see the girls for a few hours over the weekend (at one of their sports matches- a friendly-not competitive). I just feel really bad about going for some reason...

Am I being really stupid?

Yes!

Get yourself there and have a great time. 😀

Yes.

Definitely go. Relax and enjoy yourself!

Of course you should go, don’t be a martyr. My DH and I frequently have weekends away on our own, it is good for children to see that parents have interests and lives of their own.

I know. You are all right. I don't know why I feel so uneasy about it. Maybe because it involves being a long way away....I was on the point of cancelling it all this morning, which is not like me at all.