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DP 's friends camping on our campsite

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supersop60 · 10/08/2024 16:14

DP, in his desire to 'help' and solve problems, has suggested to a friend of his (actually a friend of another friend) that he brings his family (DW and twin DS) to the campsite where we are going next week.
Friend (Bob) was due to travel abroad, but realised that DCs passports are out of date. My DP immediately rang him, saying it was a shame to lose their holiday etc and basically railroaded (imo) Bob into looking up the website while they were on the phone.
I have met the DW once. She is nice, but I'm looking forward to my family holiday with my DC, which is rare now they're 23 and 20. I wasn't expecting to factor in another family to our plans.
Quote from DP ' Bob and I can go cycling, and youve met Sally, she's nice'.
AIBU to want the holiday we've planned?

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Oblomov24 · 10/08/2024 21:04

I'd be furious. Dh wouldn't do something so stupid.

CottonwoolCubes · 10/08/2024 21:21

Book somewhere else and grab another tent in the sale. Screw that for a game of soldiers.

mindutopia · 10/08/2024 21:28

Nope, I’d say he can go on his own with Bob and Sally and be the 3rd wheel and you can go somewhere else with your kids.

Dh has a habit of doing this. We once went on holiday about an hour away from BIL and partner. Said it would be nice to meet up with them at some point during the week.

Cue, day 2 BIL and partner showed up at our holiday cottage in their camper van and proceeded to stay in the van, using our bathroom, eating all meals with us (meals I bloody had to cook for now 6 people!) and joining all activities for the remaining 6 days of our holiday. I now refuse go on holiday anywhere in Wales because in theory it’s close enough for them to pop up and stay the whole f-ing time again!

Dh also has a habit of inviting people to visit us with no end date in sight. Last Christmas I had guests 2 days longer than planned because Dh said, they’ll stay til the day after Boxing Day. But is such a people pleaser that he just assumed this and never actually told them how long they could stay and then was just waiting around for them to decide they’d had enough of eating all our food and drinking all our drink and were ready to announce their departure date. I just stopped cooking or replenishing any food from the shop and made plans to ignore them all until they left. We are the only ones who ever host Christmas (for complicated family reasons), but after last year, I’m done. I can’t do it anymore.

Gymmum82 · 10/08/2024 21:39

I bet sally is fuming too. She had a week abroad in the sun to look forward to. Now she’s camping in Lyme Regis with strangers while her husband fucks off cycling and leaves her alone with the kids

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