WWWWD?

AuntFlo

Ugh.  Total FWP and DH problem, but it is what it is.  

My mom wants to take me and DD on vacation to someplace sunny and beachy.  My step-father cannot do a sunny and beachy vacay because of a skin condition - my mom needs sunny for her skin condition (total Jack Sprat and wife type situation).  So this means I'll have to take one for the team and go on a sunny, beachy vacation with my mom.   Boo hoo, right?

Anyway - I totally need a vacation.  I am worn down and stressed out.  

Bad news - DD would have to miss 2 days (which is only 5 hours) of preschool and DH is giving me a real hard time about her missing "school."  

WWYD?

(Note: DTMFA is not an option right now)

DixieNormous330

Take her. Make sure you have books and other "enriching" things for her to do to appease your husband's sensibilities about her Harvard acceptance.

If he's REALLY concerned, ask her teachers if there is anything they can recommend to do on vacation to tie into something they're working on or something she can share with the class when you return.

VarunaTT

The hell?  Tell him to STFU.  Her schooling career will not be messed up by this.

DH is jealous and not handling it well.

You need a vacation, I agree.

Wzz

take her. preschool will still be there, and it's not like she's doing calculus yet that an absence would really ruin her grades.

that sounds like a nice trip, especially if you have a nice mom.

fmbyo

I'm not up on the WW lingo, so I'm going to guess FWP is Friends With Penises and DTMFA is Down to Mother F*cking Argue

But I would go. It's five hours of pre-school. Is he afraid she'll be derfing in Kindergarten, picking up blocks and screaming, WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE YOU CALL THE ALPHABET?

tawillers

Don't tell him my DH and I are going to pull a 7th grader out of school for a week in September to go to Disney.  I can't imagine what he'd think of us.

TheMrsC23

He needs a 'Ho sit down' for sure.  She's in preschool.  He needs to get a grip.

tawillers

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[QUOTE]I'm not up on the WW lingo, so I'm going to guess FWP is Friends With Penises and DTMFA is Down to Mother F*cking Argue But I would go. It's five hours of pre-school. Is he afraid she'll be derfing in Kindergarten, picking up blocks and screaming, WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE YOU CALL THE ALPHABET?
Posted by fmbyo[/QUOTE]

FWP = First World Problems

DTMFA = Ditch the mother flucking azzhole

TheMrsC23

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[QUOTE]Don't tell him my DH and I are going to pull a 7th grader out of school for a week in September to go to Disney.  I can't imagine what he'd think of us.
Posted by tawillers[/QUOTE]

You are RUINING HIM!  He's going to be destined for a life of, "Do you want fries with that?"

(PS, the kiddo gets pulled out 1-2 times a year for us to take a trip...It's usually a couple days at the most, but if we were taking a big trip and wanted to take him out for longer, we would.)

AuntFlo

FWP = First World Problems

DTMFA = Dump the Mother F-er Already (but I'm also not down with arguing at the moment, so that works.)

She's not even going to kindergarten next year, she'll be in year two of preschool - she's already way more advanced then the rest of her class (her teachers said so!  LOL) - and she's going to miss singing a few songs, watercolor painting and PLAYING WITH MY LITTLE PONIES!!!!!  OH NOEZ!   

Thanks all.  We're going.  Maybe I'll send DH an EABOD cookie now.

fmbyo

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WWWWD? : FWP = First World Problems DTMFA = Ditch the mother flucking azzhole
Posted by tawillers[/QUOTE]

Aww:( I like mine better, but yours make more sense.

Heffalump

You know, DH and I are pretty intense about education, and yet neither of us have batted an eye at taking DD out for various trips.  I don't mean to trivialize it, but let me tell you, if she misses a day of "Frog starts with F, fff, fff, fffffrog" she'll pick it up afterward.  DD doesn't seem to have suffered academically for her absences.

Take her on the trip.  FWIW, not that you need an excuse, but we've found travel to be very enriching for the Wooz, even without making her do flash cards on the plane.    (She still talks about the blue crab claws at Redfish Grill over a year later, and regularly asks us to take her back.)

You need a break, so go.  It'll be good for all of you.

Wzz

the only reason i get upset if the kid misses a day of school is because we have to pay for the day anyway. that, and i don't like to ruin too much of his routine because he can be a bear. so i do get it to some extent, but i wouldn't let it interfere with a much-needed trip. if anything, to ease his worries, ask her teachers for their plans for those days and do a little work with her on vacation.

oh who am i kidding. just go and have fun. screw preschool. :P he'll eventually get over it.

LnR70707

Its preschool, he needs to get over it.

*Barbie*

WTF? seriously DTMFA (at least for the 5 day trip)

She'll probably learn more on the trip that she would in 2 days of preschool. 

1) Travel is educational - you get to experience new cultures, new environments, new wildlife, new situations - even if it's just sitting on a beach for a week. It's not like there's a ton of sunny tropical beaches in OH. 

2) She'll have much more individual attention for those 2 days with you and your mom than she would in a class of 12 or so in preschool. 

We've pulled Wolverine out of daycare/early preschool for the last 2 years to take multiple trips, and plan to continue doing so for the forseeable future. She hasn't had any setbacks as a result, and has had a ton of awesome experiences. Even at 2, she still talks about swimming with a dolphin, petting the turtles, playing on the beach, and going to Disney. Your DD is older and will remember so much more of the trip as she grows up. 

GBCK

even if it was 'school school', life happens.  people need daysoff.

He needs to GTFO already.

FLANYTATOOGURL

I don't think your H actually cares about your child missing preschool. He is just jealous that you are getting to go on a vacation and he isn't. Using the kid's school as his argument sounds alot better than "I don't want you to go without me!!!!"

AuntFlo

He actually has no desire to go on this vacation.  He hates the sun and hates the beach.  Also, he doesn't have a job, so he COULD go if he wanted to.  

Thanks for playing, though.

FLANYTATOOGURL

In Response to Re:WWWWD?:[QUOTE]He actually has no desire to go on this vacation. nbsp;He hates the sun and hates the beach. nbsp;Also, he doesn't have a job, so he COULD go if he wanted to. nbsp;Thanks for playing, though. Posted by AuntFlo[/QUOTE]
So he is just a jerk? Maybe you should DTMFJL.

6fsn

Dude, GOOOOOO

If you want to do makeup days she can come to my house.

AuntFlo

DMTFJL?   ?

Thanks, 6.  We do need to get the kids together.  I think DD would have a lot of fun with 6let and M2.

**O-Face**

AF, I would take multiple weeks off school for vacation, up until I was a Sophomore when our last big family vacay was.  It never really affected anything.  Teachers would help me with advance schoolwork and allow me to make up tests etc when I could.

baconsmom

Take her. I'd take my kid out of two days of actual school for an awesome beachy vacation. Preschool's nothing. 

Your H is weird. 

hmonkey

i think flany just called you "j lo", af,

AuntFlo

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[QUOTE]i think flany just called you "j lo", af,
Posted by hmonkey[/QUOTE]

<div>Aha.   Well, I am real.</div>

FLANYTATOOGURL

In Response to Re:WWWWD?:[QUOTE]he doesn't have a jobPosted by AuntFlo[/QUOTE]

AuntFlo

Oooookay.  DTMF Job Less?

And yes, Bmom - I agree, he is weird.

FLANYTATOOGURL

In Response to Re:WWWWD?:[QUOTE]Oooookay. nbsp;DTMF Job Less?And yes, Bmom I agree, he is weird. Posted by AuntFlo[/QUOTE]
Close, jobless was meant for the J.

AuntFlo

I feel honored to have both Blargh and FLANY in my post!

hmonkey

you are thisclose to bingo, yo.