Originally Posted by
nainai0585
He's made it quuite clear he doesn't want to go, BUT, I think its for the best. He's a very authoritarian parent, and our oldest son is a typical boundary pushing 7 yr old, so I know that at least 2-3 days out of our trip, my husband will have sent S to the room for the day.....dh can be a little bit of a party pooper. I am a more laid back authoritarian parent (I still expect appropriate behaviour, but I'll give S 3 chances, then a time out if he doesn't comply). I also don't have a cell phone (prefer it this way), so calling home is out of the question.
The only reason why I'm mad at myself, is that I'm so excited to go that I can no longer sleep and get very nervous/excited randomly throughout the day when thinking about going.....if I'm feeling this way 5 months from the time S and I fly, then how am I going to be a few weeks or days before :)
Filza - I thoroughly enjoy my "personal" time away from my husband as I feel its a great way to be an individual rather then a couple all the time. I am not concerned about the safety and well being of my youngest b/c I know dh is a good father and will ensure that yds is well taken care of while he's at work.
In 2010 a cousin of ours took us to Cuba with them as a spontaneous honeymoon gift (we had already been married for 4 yrs at this point but could never afford to go away), but the #1 rule was that kids where not allowed. We ended up leaving the boys with dh's parents for a week....the worst decision we had ever made! Not only where dh and I unable to relax b/c we where so worried about our children, but we had VERY good cause to be worried! It took us over a month to get their behaviours back to what they where before we left, and it took us well over a month to stop S from swearing and screaming at his little brother b/c, "that's what Grandpa did when L was crying" :mad:
