I don’t understand your gripe about “burning valuable daylight” and your wife’s

Mar 17, 2023
3:03:19pm

russkiejedi Intervention Needed

approach. If you wait until after traffic dies down, you aren’t preserving daylight, you’re just avoiding spending time in traffic.

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I think I’m DONE with family vacations for a while!

Endocoug

3/17/23 2:30pm

I think a lot of people feel that way at least with young kids

chismoso

3/17/23 2:31pm

What in the world are you doing for vacations? What you posted sounds complicated.

Baron

3/17/23 2:32pm

I’m confused about needing his kids around to “help” with what they are doing.

JuicyJam

3/17/23 3:06pm

I agree, so strange

cougarBee

3/17/23 3:31pm

Private beach. Jetskiing. 3 days.

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:56pm

I on the other hand live for vacations. I plan most everything and my wife just

RH84025

3/17/23 2:34pm

This vacation was to a private beach without plans!

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:33pm

I hate vacations with kids. It’s just watching your kids in another place for a

Chefcurry

3/17/23 2:35pm

Bad vacations with kids usually stems from poor planning with kids.

Baron

3/17/23 2:41pm

That’s it. I’m posting nothing but women’s bball content on the feed and you’ll

Chefcurry

3/17/23 2:43pm

RE: That’s it. I’m posting nothing but women’s bball content on the feed and you’ll

Baron

3/17/23 2:46pm

My kids are the same age and we’ve had a ton of great vacations with them.

Junior Deputy

3/17/23 2:59pm

Your kids hate you too

Sid Vicious

3/17/23 3:15pm

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Chefcurry

3/17/23 4:21pm

RE: Your kids hate you too

Chefcurry

3/17/23 4:22pm

Mine are 6, 6, 4 and it's just now starting to get better.

Mitty

3/18/23 11:39am

Suggestion - try a cruise for your next vacation

darkcoug

3/17/23 2:37pm

I've learned to never do a vacation with the HCBW extended family, unless, all

firstclass

3/17/23 2:43pm

Did you happen to lose an iPhone and airpods at the beach?

Ragnar Danneskjold

3/17/23 2:44pm

I got ‘em if you did. 👍🏻 $2k and I’ll tell you where I’m at.

kotacoug

3/17/23 3:24pm

Control freaks and vacations don't go well together regardless of who is being the control freak.

DJROSS

3/17/23 2:44pm

1 control freak is ok if everybody else is ok with being along for the ride.

Waluigi

3/17/23 2:57pm

Neither of us are control freaks.

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:37pm

My spouse has high anxiety leaving for vacation. We don’t go anywhere almost.

Don Carlton

3/17/23 2:54pm

That being said. Vrbo solves the noise concerns.

Don Carlton

3/17/23 2:54pm

Vacations vs Trips. Vacations are sitting at the beach or somewhere with no plans behind relaxing and eating. Trips are

Mike Honcho

3/17/23 3:00pm

This was a vacation. Nothing was planned except for going to a private beach

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:37pm

I don’t understand your gripe about “burning valuable daylight” and your wife’s

russkiejedi

3/17/23 3:03pm

If you are driving during the day, you aren’t spending the day at a beach.

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:38pm

Oh, so you’re talking coming home? Yeah, that’s annoying.

russkiejedi

3/17/23 8:05pm

I just went through the same thing. Praying for us all.

CorrectionsCoug

3/17/23 3:05pm

Don’t give up! When our kids were young we planned an amazing catamaran trip to

Footballmomof4

3/17/23 3:10pm

I will help you for free. Can say that every family vacay has been excellent.

banksters

3/17/23 3:17pm

Toss the itinerary and plans. Go hour by hour…. Aren’t you an endodontist?

kotacoug

3/17/23 3:26pm

Maybe his wife needs to feel like she has control to avoid unknowns. Some people don't deal well with unknowns.

DJROSS

3/17/23 3:31pm

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Endocoug

3/17/23 4:47pm

We had no plan! Except to go to a beach.

Endocoug

3/17/23 4:40pm

Ouch… it’s pretty hard to mess that up. Good luck, hope it works out. 👍🏻

kotacoug

3/17/23 7:03pm

I'll be going to Maui with my 4 youngest children next week

Belboz

3/17/23 3:28pm

Great weather here this week👍🏻

kotacoug

3/17/23 3:30pm

First problem is hotel, stay in Airbnb. The pick times/days your kids can

Blue for Life

3/17/23 3:35pm

We ditched hotels for Airbnb a while ago

cougarBee

3/17/23 4:31pm

Our family vacations have been the best memories of our lives.

runnincoug

3/17/23 3:56pm

Do a cruise, no wifi, kids trapped on boat, can put them in supervised care

compcoug

3/17/23 4:22pm

did some creep scare your wife off your private beach?

qwerew

3/17/23 5:31pm

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