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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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So BFF and I have been talking and starting to plan a Girls Only Trip trip to WDW in March. Now, she and I have been on three Girls Only Trips in the past four years. Once to LA, once to Seattle and once to San Francisco.
We have been discussing our trip for about 3-4 months...since we weren't able to go to Hawaii back in January (I ended up going with my DH to a wedding since she couldn't get free).
And funny enough, she and her DH and DSs are actually leaving today to go down there for a family trip (including a day or two at an Anime conference for her DSs). So the plan is (I hope it still is) for her to upgrade to an AP and get TIW card to save them some money and cut costs for her on our trip.
Well, yesterday she and I went to lunch for some last minute gabbing (and worrying...my DS is house/dog sitting for her) and she mentioned that her DH is being a poop. He was asking why we were going to WDW since they would have "just been." (Uh, nine months is "just been"?) She told him, "I would live at Disney if I could." So then, he starts in with, "well, I'm worried about you traveling that far away all alone." Uh, hello, what am I? A figment of her imagination?!? And besides, she's traveled to Boston "all alone."
Good Grief!!! We are both grown women...we have given birth and raised three boys between us. We have both weathered the chaos created by crazy sisters. We work and work hard, both at home and in our jobs. And managed to come out of it all sane and happy.
I'm kinda ticked off at him!! Just the very fact that he is trying to sabatoge our Girl's Trip is making me want to grab him by the ears and shake!! I don't know what his issue is.
If he is worried about their boys, he shouldn't...all he has to do is make sure they get to school...and by then, only one of them will be in school, the other will be graduated!! They are older teens and completely capable of taking care of themselves...we are not talking toddlers here!!!
If he is worried about BFF...well, from listening to her stories over the years, if she and I have an emergency, we are better equiped to handle it than he is. He panics and freaks out when things go wrong.
If he is worried about us getting lost...well, he can't find his way out of a paper bag according to BFF...she does all the driving/navigating/direction following when they are in new places. If he was in charge, they would probably end up in Switzerland when they were aiming for Florida!
I am going to be soooo sad (and mad) if he manages to kill our Disney trip.
I should probably add...my DH...he just wants me to bring him home something cool and send lots of pictures. We used to have a Disney Picture a Day app...it ended in Dec 2014 and hasn't been renewed for 2015 and he misses his Disney pictures.
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I don't get it either. I travel alone and my hubby is great about it but other people act as if I need a man to go with me because some how women are incapable of doing anything without a man. Ummm you don't need a penis to read a map. Thank you very much.
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Oh, and I should add...BFF RARELY gets to do what she wants to when they go on vacation anywhere.
Her DH and DSs don't want to do the "girly stuff." Get impatient when she wants to do a little shopping or just sit by the pool ALONE for an hour or two or just people watch. And at the same time, she can hardly drag them onto the roller coasters and/or other thrill rides.
They want to do what they want to do and if she tries to send them off alone (and they are plenty old enough to do this), at least one of them will say, "But Mom/DW...we want to spend time with you." But they want to spend time with her doing what they want, not what she wants.
She always seems to be giving in and doing what they want since they will sit and look bored, tap their foot, look at their watch, sigh heavily etc, as they "let her do what she wants to." And this usually starts about 5 minutes into "letting her do what she wants."
Oh, yeah, and her DH has to take a nap everyday at 4:00...without fail. She has pictures of him at a picnic table in Frontierland, arms crossed, head down on the table, sleeping, with activity all around him. And she can't sneak off then, cause then the boys want her attention.
I would have snuck out of the hotel room alone and run off to the parks alone if I were her. And turned my phone off...then they couldn't use the iPhone tracker to find me. Either this or I would have fed one or more of them to the alligators.
: crazy:
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Wow I understand how you must be feeling (scared that the girls trip to WDW won't happen) but keep thinking good thoughts and yes 'men' can be pains but as previously said your friend may not be telling you everything like marriage issues or money issues. But I will keep my toes and fingers crossed that it happens for you and her and you both will have an awesome trip.
Sounds like your friend needs to spend the next 9 months getting her DH and DSs to realize they are responsible for their own entertainment and she isn't going to provide it for them anymore.
I hope, for your sake and hers, that her DH doesn't manage to put a halt to your trip. It's partly (or mostly) in her hands - the only reason they (the DH and DSs) are so dependent on her may be because she unknowingly taught them to be that way. I taught my family years ago that this vacation is MINE as well as theirs, and I would be doing some of what I wanted to whether they were going along or no.
I have a friend who has similar issues. It's tough sometimes not just scolding her for allowing her DH and kids to treat her like that!
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