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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 650212" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>HLM,</p><p></p><p>That was beautiful, and the Sound of Music part was the best. What a poignant memory to visit and revisit.</p><p></p><p>As often as I am floored by the similarities of our experiences, I gotta say....never crossed my mind that others have <em>vacation meltdown</em> stories. Oh boy, do I!! So, your post was filled with sweetness and rising above and also validation for me (with a 33yo Difficult Child).</p><p></p><p>It was not just us.</p><p></p><p>This is just one incident (and I have more):</p><p>husband's family is in New England. One time, on a trip up there.....lunch at a Burger King. Difficult Child took his sister's ketchup, without asking. husband said, <em>Why don't you get</em> <em>some ketchup for yourself, (Difficult Child's name</em>)? OH MY GOODNESS. All heck erupted. Difficult Child was stood up, started yelling, threw in a <strong>bunch </strong>of curse words, including GD you this and GD you that. Every customer stared at us. That was the last trip we ever took together. For years after that, when we took a vacation, I would send $$ to Difficult Child in lieu of the trip (because he was not included).</p><p></p><p>Enabling on a different level. He could not behave on trips so I sent him money because he was not included.</p><p></p><p>....to help me feel better, because I was so sad we could no longer take trips with all 5 of us. Because? I wanted life back as it had been 5 years earlier. Because? I was not putting the responsibility for the miserable trips where it belonged. Because? I somehow felt it was the fault of husband and myself.</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for your post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 650212, member: 17635"] HLM, That was beautiful, and the Sound of Music part was the best. What a poignant memory to visit and revisit. As often as I am floored by the similarities of our experiences, I gotta say....never crossed my mind that others have [I]vacation meltdown[/I] stories. Oh boy, do I!! So, your post was filled with sweetness and rising above and also validation for me (with a 33yo Difficult Child). It was not just us. This is just one incident (and I have more): husband's family is in New England. One time, on a trip up there.....lunch at a Burger King. Difficult Child took his sister's ketchup, without asking. husband said, [I]Why don't you get[/I] [I]some ketchup for yourself, (Difficult Child's name[/I])? OH MY GOODNESS. All heck erupted. Difficult Child was stood up, started yelling, threw in a [B]bunch [/B]of curse words, including GD you this and GD you that. Every customer stared at us. That was the last trip we ever took together. For years after that, when we took a vacation, I would send $$ to Difficult Child in lieu of the trip (because he was not included). Enabling on a different level. He could not behave on trips so I sent him money because he was not included. ....to help me feel better, because I was so sad we could no longer take trips with all 5 of us. Because? I wanted life back as it had been 5 years earlier. Because? I was not putting the responsibility for the miserable trips where it belonged. Because? I somehow felt it was the fault of husband and myself. Thanks so much for your post. [/QUOTE]
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