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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP sounds very type A. OPs dh less so. I'd be surprised if the kids actually enjoy non-stop activities, especially with their parents. [/quote]

Well, he doesn't nap when the activity interests him. So, I don't think the problem is that it's "non-stop activities", it's just activities he doesn't care about.[/quote]

Anybody in the family should be able to opt out some - not all -activities they don't care about.  They aren't conjoined quadruplets. [/quote]

Well... parents don't get to opt out. They're stuck with the job. [/quote]
Even parents don't have to parent 24/7. 11 and 13 year olds can occupy themselves for two hours while mom reads and dad naps. [/quote]

I don't think the issue is whether he gets 2 hours off.

Last time we went on a beach vacation, I would do things by myself, like, after the kids were set up with an activity, I could go swimming in the ocean. Or, after the kids went to bed, I went over to the hotel bar and drank sundowners and watched a soccer game. The problem, clearly, is that he expects something, with no compromise, at a primetime during the day. That's just not realistic when you have kids on vacation. [/quote]

THIS

DH and I each get downtime on vacation but it is based more on how the day is flowing. Scheduling rigid downtime hours every single day is not realistic when traveling with kids- even older kids. [/quote]

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