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AIBU to think this is a complete waste of bloody money now?!

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TheScreams · 29/03/2023 16:09

For Christmas, DH booked us a weekend away. In reality, what that means is that at 10pm on Christmas Eve, DH realised he hadn’t bought me a bloody Christmas present and so booked an airbnb hut on a campsite for next weekend. He spoke to a relative we were staying with for Christmas and they agreed to have DS and DD for the weekend (booked from Saturday to Monday). I tried to be grateful at the time and not express that it was bloody obvious that he’d thrown it together at the last second and not given it a single second of actual thought.

He spoke to the relative a few weeks ago and they told him they can only look after DS and DD from 8pm Saturday until 8am Monday. So, we’ll get to the campsite from midnight on Saturday and will have to leave by 4am on Monday. He’s also not planned anything for the dogs so they’re coming too - so, on Sunday, our only day there, we can’t do anything that’s not dog friendly. But DH didn’t think to mention this until today.

I live in a bloody national park so I’m not sure why my Christmas present is travelling across the country, for “two nights” where I don’t get a decent night’s sleep on either and then get to have a dog walk and to sit in a pub for the day. I could bloody well do that two minutes from my house!

It’s bloody non-refundable. It feels like a complete and total waste of time and money to go on this trip. AIB a complete bitch to be completely ungrateful for this “gift” that actually just sounds like shit?

OP posts:
fancydressjess · 03/04/2023 10:08

Omg how ridiculous, why on earth would you set up camp to not have a proper sleep either night, it might as well be a day trip... Ughhh!!
Option 1/he deals with the kids at either end so you can go with a friend or solo and try to actually enjoy it
Option 2/he tries to sell it to someone/just ditch it and you just enjoy a really decent child free Sunday locally without camping or driving long distances where he treats you to stuff you can actually enjoy...
I mean, it's a shite present and I don't think you should have to try and pretend it isn't when he's been thoughtless, I know this becomes particular irksome with all the labour we put into planning to not have it reciprocated. Ugh.

Bamboux · 03/04/2023 10:32

fancydressjess · 03/04/2023 10:08

Omg how ridiculous, why on earth would you set up camp to not have a proper sleep either night, it might as well be a day trip... Ughhh!!
Option 1/he deals with the kids at either end so you can go with a friend or solo and try to actually enjoy it
Option 2/he tries to sell it to someone/just ditch it and you just enjoy a really decent child free Sunday locally without camping or driving long distances where he treats you to stuff you can actually enjoy...
I mean, it's a shite present and I don't think you should have to try and pretend it isn't when he's been thoughtless, I know this becomes particular irksome with all the labour we put into planning to not have it reciprocated. Ugh.

Option 3, you read the thread before posting. The op was exposed as a troll several days ago.

Did you not think that something might have happened in the 20 pages of posts before yours?

NewCarOldCar · 03/04/2023 10:49

@Bamboux 👌

Stewball01 · 17/04/2023 16:36

What a stinky Christmas present. I feel for you.

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