Last week, my husband told me what he wants to do for his 40th birthday. He wants to go on an overseas holiday… without me and the kids.
His plan is to go to New Zealand so he can watch a certain sporting event, and then do a bit of sight-seeing. It’ll be during term time, and I don’t believe in pulling kids out of school for a holiday, so there’s no chance of us all tagging along with him. He knows that, but he doesn’t want to make the trip at another time. He wants to see this particular match.
He can’t see anything wrong with his plan. I can.
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If the oldest is 8, they are not going to miss that much in school. Go as a family during term time, it will make a family holiday more affordable.
You can always ask the teacher for some worksheets so they dont miss heaps but really missing a couple of weeks in grade 3 is not the end of the world.
My husband is about to go in a road trip for 10 days while I stay at home and look after our 10 month old. I have had to ask for annual leave time from work to cover the gap in our child care arrangements. The thing that pisses me off the most is that I have been the one breastfeeding and getting up in the middle of the next got. Surely I deserve a holiday in my own before him?