NeverlandClub23
AKV & OKW DVC Member
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2005
A (hopefully) brief backstory:
My husband and I are in our mid to late 30's without kids. We work very hard 6-7 days a week, many hours a day. We do one big trip to WDW every other year and our vacations are really a way for us to reconnect and spend time together since we see so little of each other during the week. My parents occasionally go with us to WDW.
My brother and his girlfriend have a one year old son together. His girlfriend has 4 kids from previous marriages (ages 4-9). He is my only sibling and is in his late 30's. My Mom was over the moon as she thought she'd never have a grandchild.
Now for the WWYD, we have planned a two week trip to WDW in January 2016. My parents are joining us and we are staying the first 3 nights together in a 2 bedroom unit at OKW before separating for a week (them at VWL and us at AKV). They will then leave to come back home and my husband and I will have 2 nights of relaxing time staying at the Polynesian before we head home.
My brother and his girlfriend have been unemployed for 9-10 months and have recently become employed. They have started making comments like they would like to go on the trip (for a week) and I kind of get the feeling like my Mom will do anything to make that happen. My husband and I have talked about it and we are ok with hanging out with them throughout the day (a ride here and there), but we would like to do our table service meals with just the two of us now as that is one of the most enjoyable aspects of our trips to WDW. While their kids are not crazy-run-around-the-restaurant type of kids, they are still kids and it is quite chaotic when we all get together to eat now, let alone at WDW. Their kids also have little to no interest in eating so I don't want to feel like we're just rushing through a meal to get back to the park. I understand that obviously my Mom will want to be with them throughout their trip and that's completely understandable. I thought we were all on the same page, but my brother told me yesterday that the kids are well-behaved and will not drive us crazy at the restaurant. I told him that I love the kids, but we just have a different expectation of what we want our meals/trip to be like. He thinks I'm overreacting. Since we have already discussed with my parents where all our meals will be (since all our meals were originally going to be with my parents), my brother has told me he wants to go to all those places too. What do I do or say? I feel guilty/bratty for being like "no kids allowed" at our meals, but I would feel pretty ridiculous eating at the same restaurant as them at a different table.
My husband and I are in our mid to late 30's without kids. We work very hard 6-7 days a week, many hours a day. We do one big trip to WDW every other year and our vacations are really a way for us to reconnect and spend time together since we see so little of each other during the week. My parents occasionally go with us to WDW.
My brother and his girlfriend have a one year old son together. His girlfriend has 4 kids from previous marriages (ages 4-9). He is my only sibling and is in his late 30's. My Mom was over the moon as she thought she'd never have a grandchild.
Now for the WWYD, we have planned a two week trip to WDW in January 2016. My parents are joining us and we are staying the first 3 nights together in a 2 bedroom unit at OKW before separating for a week (them at VWL and us at AKV). They will then leave to come back home and my husband and I will have 2 nights of relaxing time staying at the Polynesian before we head home.
My brother and his girlfriend have been unemployed for 9-10 months and have recently become employed. They have started making comments like they would like to go on the trip (for a week) and I kind of get the feeling like my Mom will do anything to make that happen. My husband and I have talked about it and we are ok with hanging out with them throughout the day (a ride here and there), but we would like to do our table service meals with just the two of us now as that is one of the most enjoyable aspects of our trips to WDW. While their kids are not crazy-run-around-the-restaurant type of kids, they are still kids and it is quite chaotic when we all get together to eat now, let alone at WDW. Their kids also have little to no interest in eating so I don't want to feel like we're just rushing through a meal to get back to the park. I understand that obviously my Mom will want to be with them throughout their trip and that's completely understandable. I thought we were all on the same page, but my brother told me yesterday that the kids are well-behaved and will not drive us crazy at the restaurant. I told him that I love the kids, but we just have a different expectation of what we want our meals/trip to be like. He thinks I'm overreacting. Since we have already discussed with my parents where all our meals will be (since all our meals were originally going to be with my parents), my brother has told me he wants to go to all those places too. What do I do or say? I feel guilty/bratty for being like "no kids allowed" at our meals, but I would feel pretty ridiculous eating at the same restaurant as them at a different table.