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On a mini getaway and all 5 adults are miserable

346 replies

Louez · 04/12/2023 20:06

Hi, just looking for advice/to rant.

We’ve arrived at a friend’s cabin in the Landes Forest, France. And the atmosphere is really awkward which is depressing.

Im 30, here with my parents, brother and sister (plus dog). Sister’s bf is joining us in a few days.

It’s been a few hours since we arrived. No one is angry but everyone seems off. Which is making me think…I want to go home.

My brother flies for EasyJet so am assuming he’s tired. After we arrived he walked the dog and is now just sat in the living room on his phone. My dad who is a stroke survivor has fallen asleep on the sofa next to my mum who has a tooth ache and is miserable looking.

I can tell no one wants to be here. The cabin is a bit grubby and we just left a house that has been completely gutted and looks amazing. Everyone seems on edge.

What can I do?

Dinner is the oven and I’m on my single bed with a cocktail. I’ve suggested a game but was told to “chill out”.

I would go out but have now drunk.

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WombatCowgirl · 05/12/2023 22:12

I do wonder what OP was planning to do with the scene she had set? Would one guest take a turn for the worse or would it be the easyJet werewolf storyline?

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 22:13

🎵 Five hot toddlers, four garage doors, three-holed sockets, two parallel threads and a dooog that can pilot airplanes. 🎵

Museum10662 · 05/12/2023 22:14

googled map it, the area does not look like cabins in a forest

Museum10662 · 05/12/2023 22:19

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 22:13

🎵 Five hot toddlers, four garage doors, three-holed sockets, two parallel threads and a dooog that can pilot airplanes. 🎵

and a partridge in a pear tree

VDUBCV4 · 05/12/2023 22:20

ThePoshUns · 05/12/2023 20:34

Congratulations to all involved in this thread, including the OP. It has been the most amusing thread on MN in a long time. Merci Beaucoup!

I love how people are still posting with serious advice. Why do people post on a long thread without reading the updates?

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 22:22

VDUBCV4 · 05/12/2023 22:20

I love how people are still posting with serious advice. Why do people post on a long thread without reading the updates?

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That's just part of the wondrous joy of it all. It's like we have a secret subthread that only we can read!

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2023 22:24

WombatCowgirl · 05/12/2023 22:12

I do wonder what OP was planning to do with the scene she had set? Would one guest take a turn for the worse or would it be the easyJet werewolf storyline?

Dog Soldiers scenario - the one you don't suspect turns out to be un loup-garou and wreaks le havoc.

'There is no Spoons!'

Or that could just be a description of the failings of the kitchen equipment

EeesandWhizz · 05/12/2023 22:24

I wonder if the op has left an important part of her brain somewhere?

Somewhere in a field in Hampshire.

VDUBCV4 · 05/12/2023 22:24

I want to see the house that's been gutted. House porn 😍

PrimitivePerson · 05/12/2023 22:25

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 22:13

🎵 Five hot toddlers, four garage doors, three-holed sockets, two parallel threads and a dooog that can pilot airplanes. 🎵

Aujourd' hui, VOUS avez gagné l'Internet, avec ce chanson magnifique!

PrimitivePerson · 05/12/2023 22:25

VDUBCV4 · 05/12/2023 22:24

I want to see the house that's been gutted. House porn 😍

Pay special attention to the sockets.

Pigsinpainauchocolat · 05/12/2023 22:43

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 22:13

🎵 Five hot toddlers, four garage doors, three-holed sockets, two parallel threads and a dooog that can pilot airplanes. 🎵

GrinGrinGrin

Norwegiancopice · 05/12/2023 22:48

Just a suggestion, lie down quietly and go into a calm meditive like state. Notice your breath going in and out and relax. Then think about all the people on your trip and mentally send them unconditional love. If you feel any resistance it doesn't matter, just be prepared and willing. Also send them healing love and good vibes. Include yourself in this.
Try it, it has had wonderful results for myself and loved ones.

WhyteGoodnite · 05/12/2023 22:49

YABU to be miserable when you are at a cottage with a dog. I'm sure he/she isn't unhappy!
Chill out, walk the dog and wait for tomorrow.

UnctuousUnicorns · 05/12/2023 22:56

Norwegiancopice · 05/12/2023 22:48

Just a suggestion, lie down quietly and go into a calm meditive like state. Notice your breath going in and out and relax. Then think about all the people on your trip and mentally send them unconditional love. If you feel any resistance it doesn't matter, just be prepared and willing. Also send them healing love and good vibes. Include yourself in this.
Try it, it has had wonderful results for myself and loved ones.

Yes, it's sometimes good to unplug oneself from the stresses of life.

Frazzledandfried · 05/12/2023 23:00

The headboard when I walked into the room of the last Premier inn I stayed at...ever!

On a mini getaway and all 5 adults are miserable
LittleMonks11 · 05/12/2023 23:06

I'm starting to think only certain Mumsnetters can see certain posts on this thread - like in Sixth Sense.

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2023 23:09

Frazzledandfried · 05/12/2023 23:00

The headboard when I walked into the room of the last Premier inn I stayed at...ever!

Get the luminol out

Frazzledandfried · 05/12/2023 23:09

Frazzledandfried · 05/12/2023 23:00

The headboard when I walked into the room of the last Premier inn I stayed at...ever!

This was meant to be quoting the person who loved the Premier inn beds.... I realise the lack of quote for context makes it seem a little unhinged.. .

Frazzledandfried · 05/12/2023 23:11

AutumnCrow · 05/12/2023 23:09

Get the luminol out

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I dread to think! This and a cufflink under the bed was enough to gross me out.

Clafoutie · 05/12/2023 23:11

LuciaPillson · 05/12/2023 20:48

It's distracting me from the horror of my actual life so I'm grateful! I'm really enjoying the fact that there are two parallel threads - one sober one with people earnestly and with all goodwill answering the OP, and the other one with hot toddlers and puppy pilots and mad detectives where we are all batshit crazy. 🦇💩🤪

🤣🤣 I was one of the earnest repliers!

OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 05/12/2023 23:12

PrimitivePerson · 04/12/2023 22:01

That room is not in France...

Have you been in every room in France?

loveinthe90s · 05/12/2023 23:12

LittleMonks11 · 05/12/2023 23:06

I'm starting to think only certain Mumsnetters can see certain posts on this thread - like in Sixth Sense.

It's like the Twilight Zone 👻

PrimitivePerson · 05/12/2023 23:15

OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 05/12/2023 23:12

Have you been in every room in France?

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UK plug socket on the wall of what is obviously some sort of hotel room or holiday home. That room is absolutely not in France.

Arggghhhhhhhh · 05/12/2023 23:15

loveinthe90s · 05/12/2023 23:12

It's like the Twilight Zone 👻

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It's like mumsnet of old. I love it!