Many years ago,my friend (who id known since we where 12 and were both in our early 30's at this point) decided to take the kids to a havan caravan (this would have been 2009)
It worked out as 2 adults (both single parents) and 8 kids between us
Got it all arranged,paid for it and was looking forward to it
She said her mum would take her and kids and wed have to take the train
Fair enough,we did
Got there and she suddenly turns everything into 'im the employer and your the slave'
She refused to unpack her and her kids stuff,took all my kids toys away from them and tried to boss them around while her ds sat on his arse playing on a games console (I put a stop to all this) and tried to make it clear I was to cook,clean and wash up for everyone (I refused and said wed do a rota,which was fair)
She then tried to tell me we where going to the overpriced fast food restaurant (which I couldn't afford,so she marched out with her kids,leaving me to cook and listen to the whinging from my lot as to why they where not having burgers)
Her ds came back bragging about his dinner,which set my lot off again
Id budgeted x amount for each day and all she wanted to do was hit the arcades all day (she had parents who would send her top up money if she asked but my parents would have laughed me out of the building if id asked) and when I said id take mine to the beach,she laughed and tried to tell me I was boring
She tried to turn my eldest (who was 11 at the time) into her personal nanny for her dc
She snapped and shouted at mine for the most minor things while hers ran riot and tried to destroy my kids toys/clothes and bother other people in their caravans
her ds and a dd tried to dump all my kids bedding in a large puddle-thankfully i stopped them and she got funny with me
her ds stood in front of me and pissed on the floor-nope not her ds
If they refused to eat what was put in front of them,she just rang her parents and got money to take them out but told mine they had to eat what was on their plates
Her dd bit/pushed everyone-not her child, her child wouldn't do that
We where meant to get up at 4:30am each morning and be in bed by 6pm (kids not adults-adults had to be asleep by 9pm)
Hers had the best breakfast foods while mine where meant to live on toast
Her ds's attitude was foul
My fault that where was no WiFi (she refused to pay the extra-i think I was meant to)
What her kids wanted to do (arcades) was what we where meant to do all day (I put my foot down and she got stroppy and sulked)
I'd accidentally left my suitcase at home so I only had the clothes I was stood up in (we had a row as her kids didnt want to go shopping and why couldn't I just make the best of it?)
On the last day,her family showed up and her sister in law was even worse (she hated me anyway) and she was even worse with the attitude-she tried to tell my eldest to change her babies nappy and shouted when dd said 'no' and thought it was acceptable to sit on her fat arse,trying to boss my lot around (they just walked off so she shouted that they where rude) while cooing at my mates kids (who where running around,biting,moaning,whinging and making a mess)
The sister in law tried to tell my two eldest (aged 11 and 10) to take friends kids,her two and my youngest to the park as she 'needed the break' and went mental when I said 'not happening' (the park was out of sight and at 11 and 10 years old,it wasnt happening)
My eldest two went to put some rubbish in the bin a few yards away and her ds 'fell' over (he hadn't,he just wanted to get out of helping) and somehow this was my kids fault (they where nowhere near) and the sister in law was screaming that they'd pushed him over-i had to tell her to shut her mouth,which made the silly cow worse
They bundled everyone into their cars and finally left,leaving us to clear their rubbish and get home by ourselves
(I want to make it clear mine where not perfect angels all holiday but even their mouths fell open at the behavior of friends kids)
Never again-the friendship didnt survive