Holiday aggro

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So for lots of reasons myself and my partner have had a absolutely horrid 18 months and decided that we are booking a holiday abroad next may, now there is myself DP and out 3 year old. We extended the invite to my partners 3 kids. His 2 boys (14 & 18) straight away said no they don't like the heat and no gaming / wifi etc. They asked if we would still be doing a uk air bnb type break down south next summer and we said yes so they were happy and ticked off the list.

SD 14 However was very excited and 100% wants to go so we agreed we would go in may half term so she could come.

We approached this with her mum today and was told flat out no she wasn't going on holiday in may as she starts exams in June so she has to revise due to missing school... now she's very bright and was doing well e learning so no concerns about achieving results. SD is gutted.

We have 2 family weddings and other money commitments through July / august so no chance of taking the week then either, and as I mentioned we are in need of a break so not holding out till Oct 2022.

I posted another thread recently about the ex and her having issues with money / debts so we thought she would Jump at the chance for the kids holidays being sorted by us next year but no...

Anyway we've said to think about it until next weekend the we are booking either in the half term with SD or out of half term just the 3 of us for this one.

Any one had this before and managed to resolve?

@excelledyourself do you expect them to mark and grade exams to the typical standards this year considering your point?

I very much don't.

[quote Frankola]@egghead81 what a vile piece of work you are.

I can assure you that I did indeed come top.

What a disgustingly personal insult to try to suggest I'm lying because my narrative doesn't fit your opinion.

We're you perhaps one of the school bully's in your time?[/quote]
Goodness, touched a nerve there!

I hope that didn't include English language GCSE.

Plural for bully is 'bullies'.
Bully's refers to something that belongs to the bully (possessive apostrophe) e.g. the bully's bag.

Sorry pedant haters, I couldn't resist.

That didn’t stop the poster coming “top of her class” don’t forget!

It wasn't a mistake, his daughter is doing very very in school and has had her head down at night homes during lockdown making sure she stays in the top grades. We honestly thought a break away after a hard year and before exams would be a nice idea to relax and take some of the constant stress away.

I do appreciate people opinions but personally if my child wasn't behind and hd a good head on their shoulders after the year we have all had I would agree to a holiday.

But that's just me, however if it's a no then we have to respect that's and go another time which we have x

OP, I do think you have come to the best decision if it is her GCSE year.
If you haven't had a child go through the reformed GCSEs you really will have no idea how intense they are and how detrimental a week away could be.