She Ended A Family Vacation After Less Than 24 Hours Because Her Sons Refused To Behave, And Now Her Husband Is Furious

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This woman and her husband have three kids: two sons, who are 9 and 8 years old, and a 3-year-old daughter.

However, the boys have been giving them major issues– reportedly fighting like cats and dogs.

She and her husband have tried to have countless discussions about respect with their sons, too. Unfortunately, none of their efforts have yielded any difference.

“I understand sibling rivalry, but it’s gotten to the point where it’s disruptive to us all every day,” she said.

That’s why, just last week, she told her husband that she didn’t think going on a family vacation was a good idea. Still, her husband shut her down, and they wound up leaving for the trip anyway.

Well, spoiler alert: even just the three-and-a-half-hour car ride was horrible. She detailed how her sons were just arguing and firing each other up the entire drive.

‘My husband and I kept trying to reassure each other that things would be better once we got there, and they would be too excited to cause trouble,” she recalled.

“We were wrong.”

She and her husband reminded the boys exactly what they should not do once they arrived at the rental house. Yet, they still acted out anyway.

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The boys put their shoes up on white furniture and ran around the house. Her 8-year-old son even tossed a box of chalk into the pool just to keep his only brother from playing with it.

Then, when they went out for lunch, the boys were out of control in the restaurant, too. Eventually, her 9-year-old son even ran away from them in an unfamiliar place simply because he did not get what he wanted.

Upon finally going to the beach, she claimed that her sons were still acting like brats. They refused to put on sunscreen and kept arguing over toys. The boys were also cursing and kept going far out into the ocean, even though she and her husband told them not to.

That’s why, by the time they returned to the rental house around dinner time, she was seriously fed up.

“They were totally ruining it for everybody. Nothing had worked, and I told my husband we needed to go home. They needed to see a real consequence,” she revealed.

So, while her husband remained insistent that their behavior would get better, she decided to put her foot down. She told her husband that she didn’t even want to be on the trip anymore.

Then, she claimed that either she was leaving alone or the entire family was going home.

Now, this did really annoy her husband– who claimed she was being ridiculous and unfair to her daughter.

But even though she actually agreed with him on that, she didn’t think she had any other choice at that point.

That’s why she ultimately told the kids they were leaving. And, of course, the boys promptly burst into tears, begged to stay, and swore they would behave.

Her own mom– who also went on the trip– was nearly crying, too.

“My mom thinks her precious grandbabies do no wrong and argued with me, begging me to ‘just let it go,'” she explained.

“But I refused to budge. So, we left less than 24 hours into a four-day vacation.”

After that, half of the ride back home was filled with the boys sobbing and her husband giving her the silent treatment. Her mom had also decided to stay on the trip a bit longer without them. Yet, just 30 minutes into her car ride home, her mom started texting her– asking her if she was serious and trying to guilt-trip her.

Her mother claimed to have only gone on the trip to spend time with the kids and accused her of “ruining it” for everyone. Her mom also said that the kids are “only little once.”

Those comments didn’t get her to change her stance on the situation, though. So, everyone is still pretty mad at her. And now, she’s been left wondering whether her kids and husband are right and cancelling their family vacation after 24 hours was the wrong way to handle it.

Can you understand why her husband was upset about the trip being cut short? At the same time, do you agree that her sons needed to be shown a real consequence since they repeatedly refused to behave? Would you have done the same thing if you were in her shoes?

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