I'd still go. Im taking my 14 and 6 year olds on a cruise. I picked this cruise line specifically because it has activities for both ages. And babysitting at night and a nighttime teens club. We'll all have a blast.
SD would regret not going.
Found this in a group, what’s your take? How would you handle it?
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DH would not turn down a cruise just because one of his kids did not want to go, nor would I. We'd find childcare and go have fun.
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If it were me I'd tell my dh have fun staying home with her I'm taking my kids. But admittedly I'm probably too independent for your average man. I don't understand his problem. Dd doesn't want to go. Mom doesn't want her to go so what guilt should he have?
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I’d go and bring a friend.
My take won't be popular but it's honest. There are reasons not to marry a man with an ex and children. This is one of them. They guy either puts the ex and kids ahead of everyone or forgets them and concentrates solely on the shiny new wife and her kids. Next, it would not occur to me to pull kids out of school for a week to go on a cruise of all things. I can see taking a day off to recharge or whatever but a week long cruise during the school year is ridiculous and unnecessary. Lastly, we have the whine from wife #2 about how hubby doesn't support her and she's so picked on. We have no idea what this woman's relationship is like with her husband's daughter but from this I'd say it's not good. There is likely a long and unpleasant backstory that would make this all clear.
I'm not sure why SD's mother outranks her father. Depending on the legal situation it could be that he can't really override her decision, but otherwise I don't get it.
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When cruising you need a letter from the parent not going that says they give permission for the kid to go.Anonymous 4 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:07 am I'm not sure why SD's mother outranks her father. Depending on the legal situation it could be that he can't really override her decision, but otherwise I don't get it.
If mom refuses to sign off on it then they are a bit stuck.
Is that really true? I don't cruise but I've flown my children all over the world without their father and never needed anything but their passport.
Unless the cruise company has the child's birth certificate, how would they even know? Seems odd to me!
Unless the cruise company has the child's birth certificate, how would they even know? Seems odd to me!
MonkeySeeMonkeyDo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:11 amWhen cruising you need a letter from the parent not going that says they give permission for the kid to go.Anonymous 4 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:07 am I'm not sure why SD's mother outranks her father. Depending on the legal situation it could be that he can't really override her decision, but otherwise I don't get it.
If mom refuses to sign off on it then they are a bit stuck.