Anonymous
12/29/2014 00:16
Subject: Re:Vacation with childless friends = disaster
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can't anyone on here spell judgment correctly? It is clear you are all American English speakers, not Anglo. I realize I sound like a harpy but this just strikes me as weird at how frequently I see this misspelling, especially in a city full of attorneys.
OP - I agree with a PP who said it is on you and your spouse to make the accommodations as much as possible in these settings. Your friends do sound somewhat pissy but I think they just didn't know what it would entail, and were taken aback. It also strikes me that there may be a dynamic in this couple that one may be more anti-child than the other and there is some need for the more child-friendly one to show solidarity. My two cents, which is probably not very useful anyway.
It might be autocorrect. I am an attorney - a litigator, at that - and every now and then I don't catch that iPhone has autocorrected my "judgment" to "judgement" in an email to a client. Makes me feel like a total tool.
IIRC, the legal term/noun is spelled judgement. The verb form is judgment.
- Long ago courthouse clerk.
Anonymous
12/28/2014 23:11
Subject: Vacation with childless friends = disaster
Shitty idea to begin with. What did you expect from them, babysitters? You live and you learn...both parties.
But, you're an idiot if you expected anything different from your friends. A 2 year old on vacation isn't a vacation, it's a trip. But I know, your kid is different, right?
But, you're an idiot if you expected anything different from your friends. A 2 year old on vacation isn't a vacation, it's a trip. But I know, your kid is different, right?
Anonymous
12/28/2014 21:00
Subject: Vacation with childless friends = disaster
Anonymous wrote:We had the opposite experience - my 5-year-old and I went to the beach for a week with some child-free friends. It was their idea. We shared a condo and had a fabulous time. I had a lot more fun than I would have had alone with my daughter (I'm a single mom.) Daughter loved having 3 adults to pay attention to her, they were able to hang with her while I went for daily runs, and the only mealtime concession we had to make was making sure we didn't have a long wait for a table. (so once we had to push off a restaurant till another day, but they didn't care.)
We will probably go away with them again.
So maybe in a few years, this plan will work better?
Your child is 5. That is a huge difference. I have 2 kids - ages 3 and 5. My 5yo is a dream. Extremely well behaved and fun to be around.3yo is a disaster. He was a handful at age 2 and is worse now that he is 3. I rarely even have people over now due to his tantrums. I would never travel with others with him. Hoping things will improve when he is 4.
Anonymous
12/28/2014 20:57
Subject: Vacation with childless friends = disaster
Anonymous wrote:Pp, your kid was 5, not 2. Big difference!
Totally different situation. Did you just get custody or something?
Anonymous
12/28/2014 20:42
Subject: Vacation with childless friends = disaster
Pp, your kid was 5, not 2. Big difference!
Anonymous
12/28/2014 18:31
Subject: Vacation with childless friends = disaster
We had the opposite experience - my 5-year-old and I went to the beach for a week with some child-free friends. It was their idea. We shared a condo and had a fabulous time. I had a lot more fun than I would have had alone with my daughter (I'm a single mom.) Daughter loved having 3 adults to pay attention to her, they were able to hang with her while I went for daily runs, and the only mealtime concession we had to make was making sure we didn't have a long wait for a table. (so once we had to push off a restaurant till another day, but they didn't care.)
We will probably go away with them again.
So maybe in a few years, this plan will work better?
We will probably go away with them again.
So maybe in a few years, this plan will work better?