Woman Regrets Planning Vacation With Her Husband's Side Of The Family

"She is always judging my parenting styles"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• August 28, 2023

A trip can be incredibly beneficial for you and your family. A vacation can be a particular opportunity for the members of your family to connect, in addition to providing you with a much-needed break from the rigors of work (and even improving your health).

A vacation can allow you to spend quality time with your kids while also allowing them to explore a different area of the globe. No matter how long you've been dating your fiancé or fiancée and no matter how long or short you've been married, whether it's been a few months or more than a decade, going on vacation with your in-laws is a major event.

It demands you spend days with them in their company without interruption, which might naturally result in a very different understanding of who they are, how they live, and how they interact with both insiders and outsiders. As a result, conflicts may occur, and you may feel uncomfortable alone or with your partner in particular circumstances.

The original poster for today's story shares how she and her husband planned a vacation with his side of the family. The OP says that they are stupid for doing that.

When planning the vacation, they were in a better spot with the husband's family, but once they and their BIL and SIL had babies (one month apart), so much changed. Read all about it as you keep scrolling down.

Here is the story's headline

The husband's family think they fund her life when in reality they don’t give her a dime other than paying for family vacations

They have had this vacation planned for over a year and they have constantly been talking about it

They work very hard to expose her to different environments so the OP doesn't need to hear that they are the ones who need to do more

Here are a bunch of the top comments from other Redditors in response to the reddit post above

This Redditor is sharing how their baby started running at only ten months

This Redditor congratulates the OP for not sticking herself on a cross just because she has a baby

It is not always bad parenting but just dealing with what you're dealt

How this Redditor's husband pointed out why he doesn't socialize with his family

The OP's raising a wonderful human and she's got a great mom and dad

This Redditor is pointing out that the sil's baby might have some motor delays

"I just want us to enjoy our vacation together without more stress"

Some Redditors say that when a one-year-old isn't crawling, and you have to send everyone out of the home so the baby can nap, you're doing it incorrectly, and you need help fixing it before things get out of hand. There were more comments about the OP's story and you've read some of them.

So go ahead and drop your thoughts about the story in the comments section below.

Maryjane