He’s Refusing To Go On Yet Another Vacation With His In-Laws Because He Wants To Finally Take A Trip With Just His Wife And Baby, But His Wife Isn’t On Board
This 37-year-old guy and his wife, who is also 37, have been together for about eight years. So, they have gone on countless vacations with her family– his in-laws.
But now, they have a child of their own, and he is getting seriously frustrated. Apparently, every time he and his wife try to plan a family vacation with just them and their little one, his in-laws try to join.
According to him, his mother-in-law is the main person who pushes for bigger family vacations. And he just cannot stand going on them anymore.
“Every trip, I’m the fifth wheel in charge of carrying things and taking photos,” he explained.
On top of feeling excluded and like he’s put to work on vacation, he also thinks his mother-in-law just ruins all of the trips.
For instance, when his wife completed her Ph.D., his in-laws gifted her a beach vacation.
Yet, his mother-in-law proceeded to make the entire trip about herself, and they only spent four hours out of an entire four-day vacation at the beach!
“Everything was what my mother-in-law wanted,” he recalled.
“If Mrs. Olson and Emily Gilmore were combined, there she is.”
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So, he has tried communicating with his wife and telling her that, for their next family vacation, he’d like it to be just the three– without his in-laws.
Still, his mother-in-law is now trying to get everyone to go on a family trip in February to celebrate both Christmas and his father-in-law’s birthday. And he just is not having it.
He straight up said no to that idea, too, and he reminded his wife about how their next vacation was just going to be their small family.
“However, whenever I suggest a beach trip for us three, she finds excuses not to go or declines,” he vented.
His wife brought up the February trip just last night, too, so he was forced to share his feelings again and double down about not wanting to go away with her parents for their next vacation.
To his surprise, though, his wife just didn’t get it. In fact, she actually stormed off and has not spoken to him ever since.
So now, he’s not sure if refusing to go on yet another vacation with his in-laws really made him the jerk or not.
Would you want every vacation to be with your in-laws? Does it make sense why he wants to go away with just his wife and their first child? Why do you think his wife doesn’t get that? How should he navigate this situation?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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