Fraggle asked: okay, so my mother, father, grandfather and i are supposed to be driving up to the north of england for a week to do some surfing(just me and mum, dad has M.E arthiritis and grandad’s 87), then to scotland for scuba diving. this in itself is HELL as my grandad just moans all the time and we have to be ‘considerate’ (meaning not have any fun), my dad is useless and horrible and will be moving out at the end of august, and my mum is a neurotic emotional basketcase who can nag for britain.
here is my dilemma.
i REALLY do NOT want to live for two weeks, in a shack on the beach, then a campervan, with them.
plus i dislike scuba diving strongly. the same goes for surfing and especially windsurfing. my mum never asked me if i wanted to go, but she’s booked me in for scuba diving and everything.
thing is, i’ve asked and asked not to go, as i’m almost 17 and can fend for myself at home for 2 weeks easily. and my mother’s nagging and pestering will drive me round the bend. it has done on all the rest of the holidays i’ve been on. she nags, we fall out, i want to go home.
my grandad just doesn’t do/say much. but i never talk to him, even though he lives with us. but i’ve got to be quiet, and not play my music loud, in case he can hear it. IT DRIVES ME MAD!
and dad is useless and uncaring and makes everyone else mad.
and i won’t even get started on my mum. we’re talking straightjacket.
so, what i guess i’m asking, is:
is there any way to avoid going on holiday with them without killing/maiming anyone, without stopping them going on holiday(if they didn’t go, they’d guilt trip me to death), or without causing lasting emotional harm, breaking the car, etc…basically i just want to stay at home, but i can’t think of a way.
can anyone help me?
and before anyone says, no i am not spoilt at all. i’ve learnt from experience that our family holidays, or any holidays involving my mother, ALWAYS go to pot, and we always come back having fallen out. you would not believe the woman!
HELP ME!
