Booked some time off over the upcoming holidays and was planning to do some stuff with DC (shared with DH) who are young primary. I've really been looking forward to it, DH was due to be working and I couldn't wait to just get some time with our children by ourselves and take them to a few places, have some fun, chat, spoil them a bit and just spend some well needed down time together.
DH has just now informed me he's going to take the same time off so we can all do things together as a family (we being me, him and DSC). DSC are lovely but they are much older (secondary age) and going out together is just not the same, the vibe is completely different it becomes all about them, their petty arguments with each other, what they want to do, them getting bored etc..
I just want to spend some time with my children and I don't want them all to tag along. DH thinks I'm totally unreasonable.
For clarity, we have a few more days here and there in the holidays we could potentially all be together but in the main I'm working and we are sorting childcare between DH (he works from home), some clubs and family and obviously DSCs mum is covering half of their care too.
AIBU to stick to my guns on this? We weren't even supposed to have DSC that week, I planned it then precisely because of that so I could get some time with our DC but now he's asked to swap with his ex so we can do "family stuff" and I'm just pretty mad that my time with DC is getting trampled yet again and he doesn't get my point at all.
Just not looking forward to it at all now. I feel like trying to swap the weeks with work and childcare to do it another time and not telling him.