We were "that" family

[AshtonsMom99]

My son likes to protest more now then he did with his first trip to WDW at 6.....however we were all in the line for test track and when we got to the end of the line it was only then that he decided he didn't want to go on the ride and had a stomping fit screaming and crying...

Yeah that was fun...

 

[rhonda_2003]

Dh and I went to Disney on our honeymoon in 2003, stayed at CBR. First he whined about the small rooms, then he whined about how far he had to walk to everything, whined about how long the busses took, etc. And we were there in March so its not like we had a long wait for anything. He whined about EVERYTHING! One night, he completely blew up in DTD. I can't even remember over what. I calmly said "good night", turned around and got on a bus back to CBR. Over 2 hours later, he comes in the door, bleeding profusely! Somehow he had managed to wonder over into the construction site next to CBR and was running for whatever reason. He tripped over some kind of line that strung up and busted his face and knees. Was I a bad wife for laughing???? I just said "Karma" and rolled over and went to sleep. I hope to goodness he behaves better this trip. I'm not worried about our 2 yo dd's behavior, just his.

 

[Aliceacc]

What a difference a year makes!!!

Yes, we did have one or two "that family" moments on this year's trip.

But I'm very happy to say they were rare, fleeting, and that we didn't lose anyone this trip!!

 

[lnh'smom]

What a difference a year makes!!!

Yes, we did have one or two "that family" moments on this year's trip.

But I'm very happy to say they were rare, fleeting, and that we didn't lose anyone this trip!!

I am so glad you bumped up this thread. I laughed so hard the first time I read through it and I am laughing reading it again!

 

[Aliceacc]

Yeah, me too!

 

[PatsMom]

My DH has a cell phone but would never carry it with hiim into the parks. One night at Epcot, we were wandering around World Showcase looking for a good place for Illuminations. DD decided that she wanted to visit the restroom in America and then get a funnel cake. I told her to meet us in France. DH has always been paranoid about losing her (she was 16 at the time).

I had enough of his refusal to carry his phone at that point. I just told him that I wasn't worried about losing her - I was worried about losing him. She had enough brains to carry her cell phone so she could text me or even call if she couldn't find us! I was practically yelling at him right in the middle of the plaza area in front of the American Adventure.

After that he got my point and decided he could manage to tuck the phone into his pocket.

I think every family (if they are honest about it) has had "that family" moments at WDW. You get tired, the kids are overstimulated, etc. I know we had a few great moments when DD was younger.

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

DH and I had an argument at AK and then I burst into tears and actually said "this is supposed to be the happiest place on earth and I'm not friggin happy." Without missing a beat DH said "no dear, that's Magic Kingdom. You can be cranky here."

 

[chrismartinique]

Our disney trips have honestly been really good with kids - this is why we continue to go back even though our family is growing growing. There are days at home I look at them and wonder how they can act so good there but at home things can fall apart and the fights wow...... what a group!!

anyway my DH and I had a really big argument in Las Vegas a few years ago. I don't even remember what it was about now, but at the time I was RRREEEEAAALLLYYY mad! We were walking down into Caesars Palace casino. I just remember missing a step on the marble stairs, and I rolled over my ankle. I was in bad pain and instantly limping (bad!). Of course I was way too mad and proud to accept help from the man beside me. I would say we created a stir as we gimped through that casino - security was on to us and asking if we needed assistance (who knows what they thought we were up to?!). Anyway we got out of there fast, and I limped the whole way back down the strip to Excalibur - oh sweet memories!

 

[ndgqccmiller]

What you will hear me saying about a million times when we are at Disney. "We are here to DO Disney not BUY Disney." I feel like we plan and plan for a trip to Disney. Save money pay for the trip and then they want to buy buy buy instead of just enjoying Disney! I mean we do let them get things but I just think Disney is so much more then shopping. So if you hear this when you are in Disney it's probably me!

 

[lattemomof3]

Aaaaah family, the love of your life and the pain in your @**! On our 1st trip to DLR, I had been DREAMING of taking our family pic. in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle and using it as our Christmas card. Had the Mickey t-shirts, sweatshirts, ears, etc. Got dh, dd4 & ds2 up early, drug them to the castle through the rain (Dec. in CA), with both kids crying bec. they are cold & wet. I was determined to be cheerful - but even more determined to get my castle picture. Kids would not stop crying until I lost it and hissed, with eyes popping out of my head, smoke streaming out of my ears "You will stand here and smile and YOU. WILL. LIKE. IT!" (Imagine the power & force of every evil disney character projected in my voice). Needless to say, I did not end up sending out the lovely picture of my teary, red-eyed children w/ fake smiles plastered to their faces. I laugh every time I see that picture, NOW!

 

[lattemomof3]

OMG i'm so glad to see that I won't be the only one in this Boat! My DH doesn not do crowds, lines or long days with the kids. And worst of all he's a lone wanderer, leaving with keys, money and cameras numerous times. So if anyone sees a woman glaring at a seemingly happy man, that'll be me, lol

Any ideas about how to ward this off? is there a magic potion that we can give the DH or pixie dust we can sprinkle on him to give him the Disneybug??

Yes, it's called beer.

 

[PatsMom]

Yes, it's called beer.

That works when my DH gets grumpy! Except at the MK where no beer is available. Must be the reason its his least favorite park.

 

[Becky2005]

I haven't read through all of this but enough to know....we definitely belong!

DH doesn't like hot, lines or Disney & of course, wouldn't give me even the tinest bit of help when I would ask him "do you want to do A or B? Is there anything special you want to see?" Nope, nothing, no help & then nearly didn't get to go on the teacups because I don't like them & he was shocked of "how can you go to Disney and not ride the teacups?" -- Easily but dangnabit if you had told me when I was planning, it would have been a lot easier to put it in the plan.

Then the awful Stitch ride did my oldest son in & he refused to go on anything that he couldn't see after that. My middle son, wet his pants AFTER we all went to the bathroom...that was fun. We were late to everything & being late makes me cranky, so we were a bunch of fun.

Then the icing on the cake which DH never lets me forget -- we were heading back to CR when we saw ALL the dwarves out together. Not a sight you see too often. I didn't realize they were taking pictures with people. I refused to stop because I was ticked off as the only reason we were leaving at that point was DH was being a pain, so I was trying to get back to the hotel as quick as possible since THAT was what he had complained enough to have us do. He snapped a picture & it wasn't until I looked at it that I realized there were people in with the drawves & so we could have gotten pictures taken with them. He says that it's MY fault we didn't stop because he wanted to (do you think he said "WAIT...Let's stop for this?" Nope!). Apparently, his comment of look the drawves was supposed to somehow let me know he actually wanted to stop his hustle back to the room and get in a line.

We are planning on going back again but I do kind of dread DH coming with us. We have dubbed him "Grumpy"...I did tell him he could stay home but he does want to go. We shall see how it goes. I think he does these things just to aggrevate me and normally in real life we hardly fight at all.

Oh...just wanted to add -- also if you were the couple at Tony's in July 2005 with a kid that fell out of his booster seat & a hissing mother to him that was me. I felt bad for the couple but I was *SO* ticked off at my kid. It was the middle boy -- he had been leaning over to pester his sister. I had TOLD him to STOP a few times, I was not sitting near him or I would have been able to stop it prior...can you see where this is going? What does he do....he stretches out his hand & leans once again to bother his sister but this time leans too far & pulls the booster seat off the chair. I made sure he was OK but quietly (I HOPE) seething into his ear about "THIS is why I told you to stop it, blah, blah, blah, blah" DH did say the manager came over to make sure everything was OK but waived him away (I had my back turned putting said child back into his seat while scolding him). However, since it was kind of close quarters for the table that only held 2 people next to us, I'm sure they got the scare of their life when he fell right there (and probably thought I was a horrible mom for scolding him).

 

[02AggieGirl]

We have been that family many times in Disney. We took our 3 sons (DS4, DS 10, DS13) on a special Christmas trip in Dec 2007. I planned so many special things for them and the oldest 2 were HORRIBLE!!!!! The oldest 2 fought so much we told them no Disney for a year (we have APs and usually go 3 to 4 times a year). We took a vacation in April with the youngest (DS4) to Disney and the oldest 2 were not allowed to go..they stayed home.

Well we are planning another trip in November..so I have been brain storming how to avoid the fighting and misery and I came up with the following solution. I ordered 2 t-shirts from vista print. Each one says I love my brother "_______!" with a big red heart and caricature of the named brother on the front. On the back the shirt says in large black letters " I have to wear this stupid t-shirt because I was fighting and being mean to my brother."

They have no idea I bought these...I am going to pull them out of my backpack and make them both wear them for 30 minutes each time they fight. For 10 and 13 year old boys...I am hoping this will quickly stop the fighting!

Wish me luck!!!!

You are my HERO!! Awesome!

 

[turkeymama]

My husband loves going to WDW, but he hates getting up early. So we quickly become "that" family, especially on MK mornings. I'm all about sleeping in (okay, not really, it isn't in my DNA), but this isn't exactly a surprise that I'll want to get moving and be at the bus stop 1 hour prior to park opening. Come on, work with me people. Last visit, he lured me back to the hotel with promises of taking the kids swimming for awhile. Fat chance! He slept while I took them to the pool. I couldn't exactly tell them no. Dad already had them pumped up for the great pool at CBR.

So for the rest of the day, I was "that" wife grumbling ahead of "that" blissfully unaware, well-rested husband. For the rest of the trip, I woke up early, got myself and the kids dressed, and we headed out the door without him. And he became that grumbling husband that was chasing after us because he didn't want to get left behind. And as God as my witness, I will never miss rope-drop again!

Yep, we've been "that" family too.

 

[singnring]

DH doesn't like hot, lines or Disney & of course, wouldn't give me even the tinest bit of help when I would ask him "do you want to do A or B? Is there anything special you want to see?" Nope, nothing, no help
...I do kind of dread DH coming with us. We have dubbed him "Grumpy"...I did tell him he could stay home but he does want to go. We shall see how it goes. I think he does these things just to aggrevate me and normally in real life we hardly fight at all.

HEY!!! We must be married to the same guy!! What are you doing with my DH???!!!

That's a perfect description of my DH!

DD10 and I look at each other evertime we go ANYWHERE with him, and ask ourselves, "Why do we bring him along?!"

Doesn't matter if it's WDW, Sea World, MOSI (Chicago), the zoo, Mammoth Caves (KY), the hotel during her gymnastics meets, etc, etc,; you name it!!

Always a pain in the rump for us to have him along!

So why do we keep taking him?

I guess it's 'cause no matter what, we love him and still want him along to share the fun we have in spite of his behavior.

DD24 and DD25 are glad they seldom go on vacation w/ us anymore because he was the same way back when they were growing up. (Of course, these days, I prefer to leave them home too!! )

Most of DH's Disney shirts are Grumpy shirts, and the sad thing is, he wears them proudly!!!

 

[Becky2005]

HEY!!! We must be married to the same guy!! What are you doing with my DH???!!!

That's a perfect description of my DH!

Most of DH's Disney shirts are Grumpy shirts, and the sad thing is, he wears them proudly!!!

Yes and I think it's even funnier since you mentioned MOSI (Chicago). Although, my DH does good there & the zoo.

I just tell DH he's in charge of the pictures because he does do really good with that. I'm usually dealing with the kids, in the moment or whatever & he just snaps tons of pictures and gets ones I don't even think about. It gives him something to do so he's not quite *so* grumpy but alas....I know something will happen.

In the end, the good outweighs the bad, so it's all good.

 

[singnring]

Yes and I think it's even funnier since you mentioned MOSI (Chicago). Although, my DH does good there & the zoo.

I just tell DH he's in charge of the pictures because he does do really good with that. I'm usually dealing with the kids, in the moment or whatever & he just snaps tons of pictures and gets ones I don't even think about. It gives him something to do so he's not quite *so* grumpy but alas....I know something will happen.

In the end, the good outweighs the bad, so it's all good.

OH, well, that lets me know for sure we don't have the same man playing us for fools!

Mine won't touch the camera unless his life depends on it!!

When I look through any of the picture albums, I am nowhere to be found.

I should make a new picture book series called "Where's Mom?" Sounds like something that may have been done before with another character though, so I guess I can't go there!

 

[mickeyncldkd]

We had all those moments. The funniest for my family was before we had kids. My wife and I saw two boys fighting and the Dad said "finish the fight so we can go to the parks." I thought that was awful until I had kids. Now, I do tell my kids to finish their arguement or fight, so we can go.

 

[Becky2005]

OH, well, that lets me know for sure we don't have the same man playing us for fools!

That's good to know since DD also did gymnastics -- hmm...MOSI (Chicago), gymnastics, etc... Although DH was only at 1 of DD's gymnastics meets & we never travelled for them as they were all through the park district, so can't be the same ones.

DH does fully embrace the Grumpy persona too, which is a bit scary but funny.

mickeyncldkd -- I love the the "finish the fight so we can go to the parks". I have never head that before but LOVE it.