Is there any justification for "We really need this vacation!"

[LovesTimone]

Hindsight is always 20/20..... In our soceity so many people just get married with the thought... meh... if it doesn't work out I just get a divorce.

At least they are trying to put things back on track, Divorce is alot more expensive and heart breaking for everyone than trying to stay together. It sounds like they have hope. And as long as you have hope you can make it.
The OP did not say were they were staying, or lenght of time it could be at a value with FD, which is about the same as any other vacation. Maybe Disney holds a special place for them, and maybe they need that to help hold on to each other and remind them of why they chose each other. Also this will give them some time to come up with a plan one they can agree on without daily life coming into play. It takes them out of their element and put them on even ground. Really it could go either way, maybe they might see that they aren't the same people and need to move on, but need to think about what and how to tell the children and how to put them 1st, because they are going to need it.Or they might realize that together they are a team and need to act like it, and pull together and make it to the finish line.

Disney is a magical place, and if they need a bit of magic WDW is were to find it. Wishing the best and lots of pixie dust for your friends.

 

[susieq76]

I have three children in 15 months. Two are on the autistic spectrum and my husband worked from 7am-8:45pm every day except Sunday for their first four years. When hubby and I took our first vacation (w/o kids) since our honeymoon we NEEDED it.

Now, we would have been good with a weekend alone at the beach or even at our house to reconnect. We went to Cancun for 4 nights and it saved my sanity. I needed a break and I needed to reconnect with my love in order to be a good mother.

Sometimes you need a break from the stress. But it doesn't have to be a expensive trip- it can be a few days alone in the house with no phone calls. So yes, I can see NEEDING a vacation- but I can't see justifying an expensive Disney vacation.

 

[crisi]

Now, we would have been good with a weekend alone at the beach or even at our house to reconnect. We went to Cancun for 4 nights and it saved my sanity. I needed a break and I needed to reconnect with my love in order to be a good mother.

Sometimes you need a break from the stress. But it doesn't have to be a expensive trip- it can be a few days alone in the house with no phone calls. So yes, I can see NEEDING a vacation- but I can't see justifying an expensive Disney vacation.

This sounds horrible, but my mothers day gift used to be my husband taking the kids to visit his mother. For his mother mothers day is a huge deal, but the last thing I wanted to do on mothers day was spend it with his mom. Ok, second to the last thing, the last thing was watching two little kids alone while he spent mothers day with his mom.

But what I needed was a day where I could read a book in the bathtub without interruption or control what was on tv....it didn't need to be a day at the beach.

A few years ago my kids became old enough where I wanted to see more of them, not less of them. And now mothers day is movie and dinner with the family and my husbands mother has had to cope. .

 

[tasha99]

I've been poor, I'm still very much lower middle class. I don't think that's true.
I've got no issue with how you used your tax credit. But, I just don't think that final line is accurate at all.

Well, it was true for for me at least. I make a professional living now and work fewer hours a week at a job that is far more enjoyable. I also come home happy and energized instead of worn out. Maybe it's more an issue of job satisfaction than finances.

 

[Arielle22]

This sounds horrible, but my mothers day gift used to be my husband taking the kids to visit his mother. For his mother mothers day is a huge deal, but the last thing I wanted to do on mothers day was spend it with his mom. Ok, second to the last thing, the last thing was watching two little kids alone while he spent mothers day with his mom.

But what I needed was a day where I could read a book in the bathtub without interruption or control what was on tv....it didn't need to be a day at the beach.

A few years ago my kids became old enough where I wanted to see more of them, not less of them. And now mothers day is movie and dinner with the family and my husbands mother has had to cope. .

DH used to do something similar when our girls were young. They would give me breakfast in bed after buying the Sunday papers and a Dunkin Dounuts Tea. He would then take the girls to visit his mom and grandmother (my mom was dead) while I relaxed. His mom and grandmother were thrilled to see him and the girls and I loved the break. I looked forward to it each year.