Is this reader wrong to limit their family vacations just because spouse and daughter “dawdle, argue and take forever”?
How do I gently tell my spouse and daughter I do not enjoy family trips with them when hotels and other expensive activities may be involved? I want to get up and learn about the city or town or park. They get up, dawdle, argue and take forever to accomplish anything, then ultimately end up sacked out.
You can also travel with them and just do your thing on your schedule, which they can then choose to join you for or sleep through. That doesn’t solve the wasted-money problem, but it can wipe out in one stroke the problem of waiting around for them to oversleep and bicker your entire morning away.My childhood had some really rough situations in it, and I grew up with a really negative inner dialogue, along the lines of thinking people probably don’t like me or don’t want to be my friend.
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