Thread: holidays

It's always a struggle to get DH to book time off in the summer holidays, and I usually end up being cast in the role of "nagging" while trying to pin him down, but this year he has excelled himself and finally announced via a scrap of paper I found in the kitchen this morning that he has managed to get SIX days off during the school holidays. The first day of which is the day DS1 comes back from scout camp. Some family holiday we're going to have. I think we'll have to pick DS1 up from camp in derbyshire complete with a week of dirty washing and drive straight on up to the lakes from there, and I'm going to send DH home on the train and stay on a few days by myself with the boys.

Am incredulous that the entire summer holidays has been booked out apart from these six days - although one day later it's his normal weekend off, why can't they just sort out one day's cover??

And then we were talking about half term next week and he said "but they're off for two weeks aren't they?" I tried very hard to keep "" off my face but it obviously didn't work because he said "well SORRY, I didn't KNOW did I" has there ever been a two week half term holiday in the seven years or so since DS1 started school? I don't think so...

Men are sooo out of touch sometimes, aren't they? My DH hasn't got a bloomin clue when the school holidays are, I have to tell him at least a dozen times in the run up so it's firmly in his bonce for choosing his hols time to coincide with at least a small part of their time off!

Oh glad it's not just mine then! It's not like it's some secret knowledge that only women are born with, is it. Type "staffordshire term dates" into Google, hey presto, not rocket science.

Think I'd arrange something but ask if he'd come along part of the time as you describe, or get him to take the boys away himself for a few days during the time he is off and have a break another time if you can afford it. tbh it sounds as if he isn't that fussed but it just doesn't occur to men to check the dates meticulously, dh has a fair idea but probably would still have to double check. Our holiday times this year are limited because dd is in a production first weekend of August with rehearsals prior to that .

It's so true about men - I am the same, trying to pin him down for a time that we can all spend together!!

But it's not just men. My mother was a teacher for 40 odd years and asked the other day if half term was one week or two. D'oh.

Mark is very organised about school hols - but we have to coordinate our AL and childcare, so I suppose he has to be

One sure fire way to get a man involved in the summer holidays is to tell him the wrong dates. That way when he comes up with his excuses saying all the dates are booked up, and he's so sorry, you can say fine, take off the week you can, and then surprise him

It's lucky I can take leave more or less whenever. Have booked campsite (which was filling up fast as I suspected) booked cat into kennels. Am going to send DH home with his dirty clothes and stay on by myself with the boys. Sure I can manage to get the tent DOWN by myself! It's just par for the course at the moment the way this family is dysfunctioning...

poor cat - shouldn't he be in cattery, not in kennels?!

Oh that's what I meant. No dogs there. Don't worry, he has a lovely time jumping on a whole load of new women who think he's cute and don't mind him dribbling and shedding fur all over them.