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Sister won’t commit to booking holiday because of “threat of war”

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Posypointshoes · 28/01/2024 23:03

I’m an anxious person. I worry a LOT especially about the way things are in the world at the moment. I can see how it can feel like things are pressing in on all sides.

however we have a special family birthday coming up and we are all supposed to be booking a special holiday abroad for it. It’s been in the works for a while we’ve sorted all the arrangements and now when it’s time to actually book my sister is saying she won’t commit because we just don’t know what’s going to happen with the world.
she’s panicking about war breaking out if we were on holiday and then what would we do?

as I said I am an anxious person. I’ve had some dark and scary thoughts about possibilities and what we could be facing but this just seems mad to me? Our parents are upset as it’s their occasion and now she’s the only one not going.

its also making me alarmed that she’s struggling with her mental health maybe more so than she’s letting on, if that seems like a logical reason not to book a holiday? She’s also stopped making plans further than a few weeks ahead as well. I don’t really know what to do about it, if it’s my place to try and how to approach it.

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beatrix1234 · 01/02/2024 10:23

cyprus Hasn’t been attacked since 1974 when it was invaded by Turkey, yet Brits seem to be scared to travel there and would rather go to the neighbouring Turkey to get plastic surgery because it’s “safer”. Brits are interesting people.

notimagain · 01/02/2024 11:05

@fleurneige

Just for the sake of accuracy the base I suspect you are worried about is RAF Akrotiri (but yes, there is/was an army presence).

As a tourist if I had to be worried about anything on Cyprus these days it would be the possible consequence of some of the Russian connections if I was headed downtown Limassol at night but other than that ????

Anyhow hope your holiday works out OK wherever you go.

fleurneige · 02/02/2024 17:33

BTW I read reports today that Israelis have been buying huge swathes of Northern Cyprus, and considered settling this area instead of Palestine. As they did also in Sinai.

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