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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I once went to JazzFest with a large group of friends. The first night, one of them said "Please don't worry if I disappear occasionally over the next couple of days. I just need alone time sometimes. It doesn't mean I'm upset or unhappy or anything. I'm just taking a breather." And she did. And since we knew to expect it, we didn't worry about her.

I'm not that bad, but I'm not used to kid noise and big groups, so I also plan little quiet escapes.[b][u] My ILs are not as understanding -- they think I'm stand-offish and don't like kids. Doesn't matter how much I try to explain that I just need some space.[/u][/b] [/quote]

My ILs are like this too.  It's in stark contrast to my own family vacations (on both my mother's and father's sides) where people were basically allowed to do whatever they wanted:  we're at the beach?  people read, go oulet shopping, go down to the water, whatever floats their boat.  we're at a lake?  same thing, people do whatever they want, we all get together for dinner at night-time.  But, with my in-law vacations, everybody is expected to do the same thing at the same time, and everybody goes, "What's the matter with so-and-so?  What's the matter?  Is somethign wrong?  What happened?" if someone breaks off for a bit to do their own thing.  It is always a federal case if I try to get downtime.  You woudl think someone karate-chopped grandma and threw kerosene and a match onto her prone body on the floor.  IT's viewed as THAT much of a big deal.[/quote]

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