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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought vacations were supposed to be leisurely and relaxing not adhering to a military schedule and demanding everyone hop to it.[/quote]

This is how it works.  Every moment of the day must be perfectly scheduled for the DCUMom's children.  Their children must be catered to instantly when they need something.  If an elderly person wants to eat at a certain time, they must be shunned as unreasonable or demanding, because otherwise the children might learn that they aren't the center of the universe.  We can't have that happening.

Also, adults can't anticipate children's needs so that the elders can have time to consider their choices.  [b]The elders can have 5 minutes. [/b] [/quote]

Exactly.  If two grown adults can't make a decision on a simple thing like dinner then yes, we're leaving without them.  This does not require hours to decide.  In or out.  It's not that hard.  My kids get the same thing.  Make a decision in or out or you get to stay home-they're old enough to stay alone.  [/quote]

It doesn’t require hours but it also doesn’t need to be a 4 alarm fire that everything must be dropped right now because the children are suddenly hungry. It’s rather predictable that this event is going to happen hours in advance at about the same time every day.[/quote]

That’s the point. OP is trying to get people to think through and plan ahead so they aren’t stuck at a restaurant with a 45 minute wait and ILs are shocked and grumbling, like mine do in a freaking beach town during high season [/quote]

No, she’s not. Because the kids are hungry now. The plan should have been made hours ago. But as the kids are hungry it’s like “hey let’s go to that place we drove by yesterday” when they clearly don’t have a reservation and have no idea what the wait will be.[/quote]

Nope, that’s because they’ve burned up all the built-in time by yapping and turning down every suggestion. [/quote]

That’s not how it works. Sounds like a bunch of people who aren’t planners and don’t eat out often to know how any of this works.[/quote]

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