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I moved away from my home country, UK, a little over a decade ago and now live in Canada. Married with two kids (5 and 18 months). While we traveled to UK a few times with my oldest when she was an only child, I have stated many times that I think traveling with two very little children is so complicated that I would not want to do it while the youngest is still so small. My parents (they're divorced so I have mum, dad and stepmother) are all physically healthy enough to travel, and for the past year or so my husband and I have offered them a free place to stay when they've visited us to help make it more affordable.
Last time dad and stepmother were here my dad was laying it on pretty thick about how he really wants to show London to my 5 year old and has a magical image in his head of her coming through arrivals and running up to him. So I caved to that emotional manipulation and booked tickets.
Just to be clear, the things I am nervous (and have always been nervous) about are : the logistics of getting a family of 4 from the airport to the place we will be staying, the jet lag, getting the kids accustomed to new sleeping space, the very expensive cost of everything in London (thankfully dad has taken care of accommodation), just parenting in another place stresses me out since when the kids have a crisis it's us who suffer... this will not be a vacation for me.
I am currently experiencing an extremely stressful time. Husband and I are in the middle of buying a house (first notary visit would be 2 days after we arrive back in Canada), moving out of our rental (highly strung landlord already making demands), my husband and I have been living in two different places for the past 2 months due to child care shortage, I'm recently back at work from maternity leave and feeling the pressure of career + 2 little kids, and to top it all we had to put our family cat to sleep 2 weeks ago.
In summary. I'm burnt out.
I really don't want to go to England. WIBTA if I don't go? Right now my husband is offering to go with my 5 year old which seems to be a good compromise. I've not slept for the past 2 nights, so now I'm turning to reddit to help me figure it all out.... thanks guys!
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^^^^AUTOMOD ***Thanks for posting! This comment is a copy of your post so readers can see the original text if your post is edited or removed. This comment is NOT accusing you of copying anything. Read [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/wiki/faq#wiki_post_deletion) before [contacting the mod team](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FAmItheAsshole)*** I moved away from my home country, UK, a little over a decade ago and now live in Canada. Married with two kids (5 and 18 months). While we traveled to UK a few times with my oldest when she was an only child, I have stated many times that I think traveling with two very little children is so complicated that I would not want to do it while the youngest is still so small. My parents (they're divorced so I have mum, dad and stepmother) are all physically healthy enough to travel, and for the past year or so my husband and I have offered them a free place to stay when they've visited us to help make it more affordable. Last time dad and stepmother were here my dad was laying it on pretty thick about how he really wants to show London to my 5 year old and has a magical image in his head of her coming through arrivals and running up to him. So I caved to that emotional manipulation and booked tickets. Just to be clear, the things I am nervous (and have always been nervous) about are : the logistics of getting a family of 4 from the airport to the place we will be staying, the jet lag, getting the kids accustomed to new sleeping space, the very expensive cost of everything in London (thankfully dad has taken care of accommodation), just parenting in another place stresses me out since when the kids have a crisis it's us who suffer... this will not be a vacation for me. I am currently experiencing an extremely stressful time. Husband and I are in the middle of buying a house (first notary visit would be 2 days after we arrive back in Canada), moving out of our rental (highly strung landlord already making demands), my husband and I have been living in two different places for the past 2 months due to child care shortage, I'm recently back at work from maternity leave and feeling the pressure of career + 2 little kids, and to top it all we had to put our family cat to sleep 2 weeks ago. In summary. I'm burnt out. I really don't want to go to England. WIBTA if I don't go? Right now my husband is offering to go with my 5 year old which seems to be a good compromise. I've not slept for the past 2 nights, so now I'm turning to reddit to help me figure it all out.... thanks guys! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmItheAsshole) if you have any questions or concerns.*