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Can you take the honeymoon before the wedding? I know that's not the traditional thing to do but most honeymoons are just trips these days anyway...just take the trip before the wedding, your kid gets to visit his dad for a week and doesn't have to miss school.
ETA...I don't think missing the first week of school is such a huge deal. Kids move from one school to another and start in the middle of the year...they adjust. Certainly your child would do fine after the first week. I'd talk to the teacher first to let them know what is going on. You may be able to get the days excused.
My son will not be attending the same school as K year. It is a parochial school though both years. My fiancee and I do currently live together along with my son. We have lived together for probaly the last 3 years. Flying in family is basically out of the question because we don't have a very large family to start with. But his grandparents on my side have two school age kids as well and my mom is a stay at home mom so for her to come watch mine for the week, hers would be missing school too since they would come. Great grandparents on my side as well as aunts, uncles, cousins, and the oldest brother of mine are all in Germany and would be leaving right after the wedding. On his dads side, there is the grandma, his dad, and his two uncles under 18. So both in school as well except for the father and there is no money from that end to be able to come up as well as work and etc. But my son would be excited to miss a week of school, ecspecially to go to TX. He has not seen the family down there in 3 years. But we have not told him about the trip yet in case we do change our mind and wait.
I think you should give your son that time with his father and you go and have a wonderful honeymoon. Everything will fall into place when you get back.
My son will not be attending the same school as K year. It is a parochial school though both years. My fiancee and I do currently live together along with my son. We have lived together for probaly the last 3 years. Flying in family is basically out of the question because we don't have a very large family to start with. But his grandparents on my side have two school age kids as well and my mom is a stay at home mom so for her to come watch mine for the week, hers would be missing school too since they would come. Great grandparents on my side as well as aunts, uncles, cousins, and the oldest brother of mine are all in Germany and would be leaving right after the wedding. On his dads side, there is the grandma, his dad, and his two uncles under 18. So both in school as well except for the father and there is no money from that end to be able to come up as well as work and etc. But my son would be excited to miss a week of school, ecspecially to go to TX. He has not seen the family down there in 3 years. But we have not told him about the trip yet in case we do change our mind and wait.
Since you've been living together for three years, a honeymoon would really just be a vacation for you both. I stand by my original suggestion of taking a weekend off for now, and week off later for your honeymoon. While your son might very well be excited by a trip to Texas, I think he would be disappointed to learn that it was during the first week of a new school that is unfamiliar to him. Or, take the honeymoon before the wedding.
Can you take the honeymoon before the wedding? I know that's not the traditional thing to do but most honeymoons are just trips these days anyway...just take the trip before the wedding, your kid gets to visit his dad for a week and doesn't have to miss school.
Thats actually a good idea but it is kinda weird to do it before. I hadn't though of it that way. I'll have to check our work schedules for something like that. But isn't there a lot of planning right before the wedding?
On his dads side, there is the grandma, his dad, and his two uncles under 18. So both in school as well except for the father and there is no money from that end to be able to come up as well as work and etc. .
So wait, if he goes to his father's, he isn't even going to be seeing him because the father will be working? Because if the father doesn't need to work (making it a true visit which would be exciting to your son), then just fly the father here, so your kid can go to school.
Thats actually a good idea but it is kinda weird to do it before. I hadn't though of it that way. I'll have to check our work schedules for something like that. But isn't there a lot of planning right before the wedding?
Not really. Everything's probably already taken care of. The only "planning" we had was the rehearsal at the church the night before.
Thats actually a good idea but it is kinda weird to do it before. I hadn't though of it that way. I'll have to check our work schedules for something like that. But isn't there a lot of planning right before the wedding?
It's July 22. You said the wedding is August 14. That's just over 3 weeks from now. I'd think most of the planning should be done by now.
If you take the honeymoon Aug 3-10th then you are still to there to take care of the last minute details.
Considering the fact that you've already lived together for 3 years, and the school conflict, if you can get a full or almost full refund, I think I'd reschedule it for next summer and send your son to school. I think that's what I'd do.
So wait, if he goes to his father's, he isn't even going to be seeing him because the father will be working? Because if the father doesn't need to work (making it a true visit which would be exciting to your son), then just fly the father here, so your kid can go to school.
Yeah, if dad is working anyway, then your poor son is just being shuffled around for your fairytale wedding experience, which really is a moot point, since you've been living together for three years anyway. It's not really a honeymoon at all, just a vacation without the kiddo. I can't see justifying taking a vacation while your son misses school and is being watched by a babysitter. Priorities, and all that pesky stuff, ya know?
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