DH and the "It's the FAMILY trip" Dilema

[poohraedopey]

Hubby is driving me CRAZY! He's sort of taken this All of us or none of us attitude. I am not a HUGE thrill ride person and DD I think is too young for most of them yet. DS will be 10 and getting bolder I think he will do most of them with Dad. But hubby is acting wierd. I keep telling him we can split off and he can go do space and splash and rnr etc and we can do other stuff. But I keep hearing it's the family vacation. Which I can apreciate but it's his vacation too..... I want him to do all the things he wants to do. I'm just as happy to ride the kiddie rides and look at the scenery while I wait for him to ride. Like when we wnet no kids I went on buzz like 3 times while he did space.

Not to mention we still haven't told his family we booked our trip and there will be a ton of drama there. MIL didn't want me to book for this year she wanted us to wait till she could go. OOOPPPPSSSS! This is the kids first trip and I really want it to be just us.

ANd of course hubby picks on me every time he sees me here

 

[KirstenB]

This is our family too! Just take him on Small World over and over again, til he cries uncle

 

[kimbac3]

We split a few times. For Tower of Terror, We all went through the line together, then DD7 and I took the chicken exit out. No big deal. We waited for the rest of that family at the picture viewing area. For Rock-n-Roller coaster DD7 and I waited in the gift shop for them. Then I got talked in to riding and DH waited in the gift shop with our DD. No problems. We split in MK too. I took the 2 youngest and went on Carousel of Progress and DH and DD13 went on Space Mountain.
I would go over the rides with him and help him to see that there won't be that many rides you need to split on.
Good Luck and Have Fun!!
Kimba

PS- If all else fails go with Kirsten's suggestion!!

 

[4lilpoohs]

I get teased everytime I get caught here I really think your first trip should be just your family. It can be hard going with other people.

 

[poohraedopey]

LOL I like the small world Suggestion! Or I could put him on teacups and spin him till he throws up! He hates to spin LOL! Hopefully once he gets back to the World he'll just NEED to do the rides LOL! We waited a long, long time for this trip and I just want everyone to have the time of their lives.

 

[NotUrsula]

Could it be that he is actually afraid of not being able to find you again after splitting up, and anticipating getting frustrated by that? That maybe this "family vacation" business is really a red herring?

It took me years to get my DH to admit that this is a HUGE issue for him. He has a rather bad sense of direction, and he has a tendency to mix up what the meet-up procedure is. As a result he ends up wandering frantically looking for me when I'm waiting for him, and it upsets him no end. His theory is that if we never split up, he won't ever have to deal with that frustration, therefore splitting up for any reason is *bad*. I solved the problem by carrying a sharpie with me: I write the meet time and circle the location on a park map which he puts in his pocket, and as a back up, we both carry our cell phones. (BTW, not wanting to carry a cell phone in the parks can be another hidden reason for insisting that everyone ALWAYS stay together.)