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Don't Want To Bring Teens On Holiday

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Casacalida1 · 02/07/2024 08:25

Two DDs are 14 and 16 and I don't want to bring them. I fly out next week and return home the end of August. DH will fly out in August for three weeks. DH thinks I should leave them at home with him. Their behaviour is awful these days and they gang up on me and their younger brother. I just want to relax and not deal with the arguments. DH told them they would fly out with him which of course didn't go well. I really don't want to bring them but I know I will feel guilty leaving them at home and they will probably hate me even more than they do now.

Advice please.

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MagratsDanglyCharms21 · 06/07/2024 18:56

Casacalida1 · 02/07/2024 08:35

Yes DH will be home with them. DH is very supportive and he has told them that he has decided they are not going. They have spent their summers abroad with me for the last six years.

You don't have a choice, unless you undermine DH. He has decided and has told them. Leave it at that and enjoy the peace!

DillyDilly · 06/07/2024 19:05

If you don’t bring them, they will enjoy their time at home without you and the gap between you and them will widen. Your DS will miss their company. You probably won’t miss them as it sounds as if you don’t really like them all that much.

From what you’ve written, they don’t seem awful - just sibling squabbling which is normal.

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