Taking Step child on honeymoon...
elisaspiri
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My H2B has a child from a previous relationship. I get on really well with the child and view my upcoming marriage as not just becoming a wife but also a proper stepmum.
My H2B's ex is being really difficult about the whole thing and keeps throwing spanners in the works just when we think we've satisfied her latest demand. We moved the wedding from outside of school holidays to inside school holidays as she refused to allow the child any time off school to go away on a mini moon with us.
Now it's all sorted she's decided that it's "wierd and abnormal" that we want to take the child away with us straight after our wedding and is saying she won't allow it. For context, she dislikes me intensely.
Do you all think it's wierd to take your child on honeymoon? (or half of it anyway as we were planning on doing one week with the kid, followed by a week on our own)
My H2B's ex is being really difficult about the whole thing and keeps throwing spanners in the works just when we think we've satisfied her latest demand. We moved the wedding from outside of school holidays to inside school holidays as she refused to allow the child any time off school to go away on a mini moon with us.
Now it's all sorted she's decided that it's "wierd and abnormal" that we want to take the child away with us straight after our wedding and is saying she won't allow it. For context, she dislikes me intensely.
Do you all think it's wierd to take your child on honeymoon? (or half of it anyway as we were planning on doing one week with the kid, followed by a week on our own)
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To be fair, I was initially not that keen on taking my step child on honeymoon as we see him a lot and we have plenty of holidays so I also felt it was really a time for us to be alone. However, it was important to my H2B and I could see that it would be really fun and a nice way to mark this change in our lives.
However, his ex really wasn't having it and we don't really have choices, we just have to do what she says.. so the wedding has been moved back to the original Sept date and we will be taking my step son on holiday in August anyway. (Plus Feb half term, easter and probably October!!).
happyb2b09 - my stepson is 5 years old and lives 200 miles away, although we have a house there and spend as much time as we can there - at least every other weekend. We have been together for 4.5 years so from my years of experience with this, I don't think she was trying to be nice. But that's a whole other conversation and without going into detail I think it would be hard to explain just how much she dislikes me and therefore would not do anything to be nice to me!
Anyway, onwards and upwards - the world is now my oyster for choosing our honeymoon so that's a silver lining at least!!
Well think ex's are normally more than a little peeved when the father of their children has moved on... and even more so....happy...in love & getting married,,, We live 30miles from my h2b child & have had more than a few problems with access over the years I can tell you... I do think she has done you a favour thou... I would not be happy if my h2b thought it ok to take his child on our honeymoon... Have you got any thoughts on place yet? Def thinking Turkey at the moment we love it there
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You could even get the cruise you wanted but a bit different by doing a Gulet cruise in Turkey. Not quite the same as the big cruiseliners but really nice, nonetheless!!
My h2b has talked about going to Sardinia in Italy but we haven't really looked at anything properly yet. I kind of want to go further afield as we are hoping to have kids of our own straight away so I see it as a last chance to go somewhere non-child friendly for a while. I fancy the Carribean but think Sept is the wrong time.
Def don't do carribean in Sept. Only thing with a gulet is what if you don't like the others on board you kinda can't get away form them lol... We have looked at Turkey is all still full bro price so think we will wait until must nearer the time. Also see what money is left after the wedding...
We have been together 3 and 1/2 years, and she left him the year before that.
I'm so glad I found this thread.
I'm getting married in Lake Garda next June and my h2b and I have 4 children between us , ranging from 12, 10, 8 and 5.... 3 boys and 1 girl!!
I've been reading with interest about dilemmas regarding whether to take the children away on honeymoon. We've got no choice really as my children live with me and my h2b's are with us twice a week and live 5 mins round the corner!! We've sort of decided that we'll go out together and have around 5/6 days together then the kiddiwinks will fly back with their grandparents and we'll have the second week as our honeymoon.
We think my h2b's ex will be ok with everything, but my ex on the other hand I know will try and throw a spanner in the works even though he got married last year and had a honeymoon in the Maldives whilst his 18 month old daughter stayed with grandparents for the week!!!!
We've decided to have a couple of contingency plans just in case. Plan a) for us to all travel back after the wedding and then for us to have a honeymoon at a later date in the year. Plan b) my mum has kindly offered to have my boys for the week..... a very kind offer indeed, but I think my mum will have no hair left after the week!!!!
Does anyone else still have ex's who feel they can still interfere in your life?
Love to hear from anyone in similar circumstances.
In saying that I think it is really kind of you to want to have your stepchild with you and that it is terrible of his mother to make things difficult for you. It's jealousy..
Do what you think will be the best for you all
We don't personally need any 'us' time and can't afford another holiday for the kids later in the year and also I couldn't bear to leave them behind. Ex's permitting, you do what you are happy with. It's not abnormal, it's just personal choice no harm either way really.
I think it's really lovely that you are happy for your step-child to come on your honeymoon. A lot of step mothers are evil bitches (mine is) and you only need to read some of the threads on here to see what goes on, I've wrote a thing or two about mine on here. Total acceptance is what children need and I'd say you are off to a bloody good start. Good for you and good luck xx
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We are going away Sunday to Friday and want to enjoy the time as just for us, we have my children 12 out of 14 days and my stepson alternate weekends so we don't get many opportunities to just be us alone on holiday. My parents are stopping on after the wedding to look after my children in our home as its term time.
I don't feel guilty leaving them. This year their dad is taking them away for two weeks and we are taking them for a week in France (H2B's dad has a house in South France so we get free hols!) and we are just going to Centre Parcs for 4 nights and a night in the Lakes before that as our honeymoon.
I personally find it a little strange to take kids on a honeymoon and I would say something if my kids dad and his girlfriend took my kids away on a honeymoon or if stepson was took away on his mums and stepdad2b honeymoon.
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Plus, I imagine it would be nice for couples to be just them and do purely adult things. Not all the time but maybe one night a year would do you some good as a couple. Not you personally saz39, just "you" generally.
the way i see it if you've got kids & you get married its about becoming a family rather than becoming a couple
She is my daughter from my previous marriage so his step daughter and it was his idea that she came with us.
It would be nice to say honeymoons are for couples not children but when the child lives with you and you know leaving her would break her heart what can you do. We have the rest of our lives to have a romantic break once she is grown up.
I realize this is an old post but I stumbled upon it and cannot resist replying. DO NOT spend the precious few days after your wedding with your stepchildren - or any other third party (and yes, a child is a third party to your marriage) - even if it SEEMS like a good idea. My son is older and was leaving for his own trip the day after the wedding so that was never an issue. However, I suggested that we bring my 8 year-old stepdaughter with us for the short getaway that started 2 days after we were married. My husband and I planned to delay our "real" honeymoon until 9 months later, due to finances and the sheer fatigue of wedding planning while working long hours. So, I thought, wouldn't it be nice to include his daughter on this getaway so we could sort of celebrate and establish ourselves as a family unit. Bad idea. The bond that is the highest priority right after your wedding is the one with your spouse. Make that your focus. We also thought it would be easier to just keep my stepdaughter rather than have to deal with the logistics of a custody exchange during a time when her other biological parent would have been an even more unwelcome blip on our radar. However, another family member could have dropped her off. I cannot emphasize enough, my husband and I were wrong to include my stepdaughter in what should have been a time for US - and us only - to bask in the newness of our marriage, the joy of our wedding day, and focus on each other. Both of us deeply regret her being there. Even though we tried to hide it, I don't think it is good for a child to be in a situation where he/she is unwanted. And it was not a good idea for us as newlyweds to sacrifice that time with each other. For any brides out there, leave your children/stepchildren with someone else and enjoy that sacred time with your husband.
Gracie4, what an utterly depressing post - not sure why you would even post this on such an old post since you’re already married. But honestly, making a child feel unwanted and deeply regret the child being there? Horrible on so many levels.
Can only hope you do a bit better these days ensuring your stepdaughter feel part of a family and wanted.
Bloody hell haha me and H2B have a 5 year old daughter (will be six by the time honeymoon comes around) and we are not taking her, but this is because H2B feels a honeymoon is for the couple and not th child (I didnt mind either way) and I know we can take her on holiday as well later in the year. My daughter adores time away from us to see her grandparents who live a few hours away and we have done multiple trips away ranging from 2 days to 1 week without her so I know she will be ok and honestly when we have given her a choice she has chosen them (grandparents in the lovely house in the countryside near the seaside spoiling her everyday and other fanily members coming to see her and usually giving her pennies for sweets or things? A kids dream haha)
Your post Gracie4 is quite harsh on those parents who did take, or are planning on taking, their children. If you were unable to hide from the child that they were unwantedthat is your doing. My daughter has had me tearing my hair out, at the height of her difficult toddler years when her behavior was pushing every boundry and I was realising how much futher behind I was than my university friends in my career, having to say no to things all because I had a daughter (I still am the only one of any of my friends with a child) I had nights where I cried and wondered if I had even made the right choice to have her. And yet at no point in her life has my daughter ever seen that. I kept that to myself and ensured I got them feeligs sorted and moved on all while she remained oblivioius. The other week her teacher mentioned to me that in a discussion over feelings and emotions that my daughter explained that "people get angry and upset and my mummy gets angry and annoyed when I do silly things or dont listen but she still loves me because she always loves me."
So do not make other parents feel bad for taking their kids just because you and your husband couldn't hide your feelings from a child. Some of us have had worse feelings and still made sure a child never knew.
**and rant of the day on a topic that really got to me is now over. I shall now go back to generally calm and anger free Sadie***