to want a holiday with my husband?

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Just five days without children. We have the money, we have the childcare, children will be fine with it but oh one, a weekend is as much as I seem to be entitled to! Sorry, just a rant really.

5 days???

I would love 1 night. We didn't even get a night when we got married in April. My mum decided to have my 2 neices and not my girls in her hotel room.

I would take the weekend and be gratefultbh.

Better than nothing!!

Sorry I don't understand, who is stopping you if you have the childcare and the money ?

We are a step family with quite a few children, we need some real quality time together, marriage under serious pressure. Husband doesn't seem to want to go!

We are a step family with quite a few children, we need some real quality time together, marriage under serious pressure. Husband doesn't seem to want to go!

Look to be honest after two nights you will run out of conversation with DH anyway and be fed up with sex.

Go for the two nights, then if DH enjoys it he might be more amenable to going for a longer period.

Seems IABU. Thanks anyway.

why don't you book it for 5 days and let him come for as many days as he wants?

I don't think you are being unresaonable.

Sometimes on MN, there seems to be a school of thought that suggsts that if your life is in any way better than someone else's then you should just be grateful. I don't buy into that. If you need a holiday, try and persude him

Agree with Tommy. I don't think you are being at all unreasonable if your marriage is under serious pressure. After all, sorting things out can only benefit your children.

If dh reluctant - persuade him to take three days away - I'd love to do this with my dh if I could persuade him to leave his desk ...

Good luck.

What, exactly, are your husband's objections ? It seems childcare and money aren't the problem.

You mention being a step family. Is he scared of criticism or interference from an ex if he is seen to be doing something for himself that doesn't include the children perhaps ?

I personally don't think that 5 days away without children is a bad thing at all providing they're left with people who love them. It didn't happen often but my mum and dad would occasionally have long weekends away with his work and we stayed with grandparents. I don't remember feeling at all put out.

I can so understand you feeling the need to get away just yourselves. Dh and I really need to spend more time alone tog in the next few months. I had great hopes for a city break without children to celebrate our 10th WA in July...but now we'll have a 6 week old to take with us!