Big treat for me on my 40th birthday

[lisbey]

I'll be 40 next year.

There's a long distance walking route DH & I would love to do. Our DSs wouldn't enjoy it and their moaning would drive me mad.

So, I thought instead of pressies, I might ask DH to take me on the walk and my parents to have the boys for the 5 days it would take.

My parents are very involved in Dcs upbringing already and live near their school. If I "needed" then to have them for 5 days it wouldn't be a problem at all, but I'm not sure about asking them for something frivolous.

I'm also not sure that I should "want" to leave Dcs for 5 days iyswim - they're 6 & 8 and would have a great time with GPs. We wouldn't be away for my actual birthday - would celebrate that with boys and parents.

I'm also not sure how my parents will take a request for help rather than a present, as they're usually very generous and enjoy being so, but I really don't want/need anything.

So is it a reasonable request and how would you go about asking?

lisby I think that this is a really good idea. It was something that I thought about for mine, which was this Easter. One idea I had was for my parents-in-law (or whoever was doing the childcare) to meet us with the children at the end of the walk, so we could all have a nice meal together.

lisbey, sorry I hate it when people spell my names wrong. Also you could do a small walk with the children etc, so hopefully not much moaning and they might catch the walking but (probably not but they'd enjoy it for the special day).

It sounds like everyone would enjoy themselves. But if you're feeling like it's a selfish request why not ask your DH to ask your parents?