I have just completed six months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, my husband is just 60, eldest daughter turning 21 the other turning 18 later this year.
My mother who is 82 and has holidays every other month including Australia at least every 2yrs has helped me out with hospital pick ups, but I do help her out considerably with things around her home. Today I told her that we were thinking of going to New York as it is on our bucket list and after such a rough year plus these milestone birthdays it be lovely thing to do we don’t holiday every year. This is a huge financial outlay for us , but we think we deserve it.
My mother has asked if she can come along and said she will pay for herself and any outstanding money that is needed. I am so shocked that she thinks this is appropriate.
She’s going to Australia in November and I mentioned that we may go to MY end of October beginning of November depending on which is cheaper on price. She said she could move her Australian holiday to see my brother and his family a couple of weeks either way . How do I tackle this?
We all find her really hard work at the best of times