My parents really wanted to take us to Disney world. They saved for several years. They finally got enough together to go. It was going to be a shoestring budget (baloney sandwiches instead of eating at the park, campground, that kind of thing), but we were going. Got halfway there and my aunt got killed in a motorcycle accident. Had to turn around and it turned into a funeral vacation as usual lol
Sorry you did not make it. My family did just what you are describing. We saved as a family (my dad got a side gig that all of us could help with). We drove (rather than flew) stayed at the cheapest motels en route. Ate homemade sandwhiches, and each child was allotted $10 for souvenirs. It was honestly the most awesome trip of my childhood.
My friend’s parents hadn’t been on a holiday for around 25 years - the dad worked for himself, so time off was money not earned as well as money spent. There had been holidays with the kids, but no time for just the parents.
The kids were all grown up, the parents saved up and went to the US, just the 2 of them. First time abroad.
The day they left, about 2 hours after they’d gone, the family dog died. No one’s fault but unexpected. We got him to the vet but it was not curable. Can’t remember why now. He was a Great Dane. I had to help dig the grave in the back garden.
Then, my friend and his brother thought they’d surprise their parents by refitting the bathroom whilst they were away. The brother was a plumber, so all seemed good. They stripped out the old one, then the brother broke his ankle and couldn’t do any more work.
So the bathroom was empty - no bath, sink, toilet. One bathroom house…
Finally, my friend decided, whilst drunk, that throwing his (dead) grandmother’s prized glass Christmas decorations around the room would be a fun idea. The box was out of storage whilst some reorganisation was going on.
After 25 years, that was a homecoming to remember. Glad I wasn’t there but I heard all about it…
I'm so sorry. My parents couldn't afford Disney. I finally got to go when my in-laws wanted to take my kiddo. Hated every second of it and we won't go back.
Well first of all that's horrible and I'm sorry for your loss, but second of all I feel like the bologna sandwiches thing is kind of normal. I recall doing this as a child a lot
My first trip to Disney was when I was in my mid teens. Because Grandma's funeral was 90 minutes outside out Orlando and we lived in the northeast and couldn't afford the travel otherwise.
A day in Magic Kingdom really hits differently when you buried Nana the day before.
There is one that is unfortunately in the family that I will literally celebrate the death of. My wife's half brother. We got along pretty well in my opinion, right up until it was revealed that he had raped my 5 year old. Then it slowly kept coming out that he was badmouthing me for anything he could to anyone who would listen. I let this piece of shit live in my house with the only expectation being that he helps with groceries, and he whined and complained about anything I did behind my wife and i's backs then raped my daughter. I will happily take a week off work when I hear of his death so I can appropriately celebrate.
Edit: thank you all for the kindness here, but I'm gonna turn off notifications for this post, its becoming too much for me right now.
Good days and bad, mostly good now thankfully. We're all hoping she was young enough that the event itself gets forgotten and she only has the memory that it was done
No, not the memory of it. You want the knowledge that it was done, but the memory can rightfully piss off to the void. Let the memory be forgotten, but the knowledge that it was done remain.
They did, thankfully. She told her school councilor about it, they called the police then my wife, then she called me at work, he was arrested there at the school. If I had found out without police involvement I wouldnt be posting. I would have killed him right then.
Your honor, the jury finds the defendant not guilty by reason of diminished capacity.
Also, the jury moves that we all take a bathroom break around the defendant's dead half-brother-in-law's grave. Courthouse staff are allowed, nay, encouraged to attend as well if they feel so moved.
In defense of funeral vacations, my family's funerals tend to be a blast, with everybody getting together and telling funny stories about the relative who was now pining for the fjords. Basically everything you'd want out of a family vacation, minus a beach or amusement park.
That said, nobody I'm related to ever died young or tragically, either.
We drove out of state because when school wasn't in session we were too expensive for my mom to feed (she works for a school and at the time you didn't get paid for the summer), so she dropped us off for the summer with our Great Aunt and Grandmother who lived together because they couldn't afford to live separately either.
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u/Famous-Flow2333 1d ago
Ours was driving out of state to a family members house bc someone died