I’ve nc-ed for this as outing.
As my title states I have been forced to cancel our UK summer holiday. We booked it last year and went without a break last year to save up. As we have never been away in the summer holidays I have been really looking forward to it. To cut a long story short there’s been a huge family fall out situation with my extended family. I was left with the only option available to me which was to cancel our holiday. I have lost the deposit. I am really emotional and drained by it all.
As well as this my DP already has ten weekends away booked (sport hobby type of things). One in Europe so DP will be away for that one for a week so I think it’s about 30 days. DP also works away a few days per month. We have pet caring responsibilities (rescues) so that all falls to me.
Due to the cancellation of our holiday we have had to have a frank adult conversation about it all. My DP has now deemed adult DC who lives with us (mine) as currently unsuitable to cover the pets, I sadly agree. So DP has said for me to get a break that the only option is that I go away by myself for a couple of nights. I’m feeling really low, depressed, overwhelmed and lonely from it all now. As I am sure some of you will point out it’s also not fair and I totally agree. I ended up in tears and I am feeling really trapped.
If anyone can suggest anywhere or anything that they have done alone and enjoyed I would love some suggestions, UK only. I live on the Kent/Sussex border. I am in my 50s love nature and history but I cancelled our NT and English heritage memberships this year to save for the holiday. I don’t like crowds/noise (ND) and I suffer from really bad anxiety.
And before people suggest solo dates to the cinema/theatre and so on I’ve been doing that for over 20 years when DP works away (in the past was away every week). So I can’t stomach doing that with my current frame of mind.