I’m coming to this community because you all have helped me so much and given such good perspectives in the past. But.
I’m going to try to keep this short. A month or two ago, I told my boyfriend of almost a year that my family and I are going to go to Florida on a 10 day trip vacation in July. He was excited and expressed that he’d love to join. I was over the moon happy that he wanted to spend time with my family and join us on this trip. He expressed this all on his own that he’d like to join, I didn’t even invite him (though I had hoped me might want to go). He gets along with my family and they were happy to hear he was going to come along.
We’ve had such a wonderful first year. I’ve met his family and he’s met mine. We’ve been extremely vulnerable with each other. Talked about how much we love each other…etc. He originally thought they lived in Clearwater but I corrected him and said New Port Richey since they moved. I had said this at least twice.
Today I was texting him about the rental car because he said he would rent one for everyone. I wanted to know if he still had planned to. Suddenly now he mentions he might be staying a few days in Clearwater or another place with big beaches and has a few hotels for himself lined up. This is news to me. He asks where the air b and b is and I tell him once more in New Port Richey. He tells me he had thought it was Clearwater. He’s not accusatory and even tells me it’s not my fault. But then he texted me something that made my cry. “It’s not your fault. I thought it was Clearwater. Newport looks so small I might die. Like no beaches. I need a beach.” And the way he is texting me make me think he’s either not going to come to see me or he’s only going to come out of pity (tho I could be reading into that). I just didn’t get any reassurance.
I was so excited for him to join me on this trip. I thought it was going to be amazing for our relationship. Amazing for him to bond with my family and amazing that he actually WANTED to join. This just leaves me so upset. I personally do not care where we end up. I just want to be with him and my family. I envision holding hands late at night. Romance. Just being in his prescence and deepening the relationship. We could be anywhere in Florida, even by a swamp and I’d just love being with him. The fact that he says it’s so small he might die?? I feel so discarded. At the same time, I get that this is his money and his vacation too. But I guess just how far apart we were on this trip emotionally. Ouch. I just feel like this trip I was so excited for is not what I had expected. I feel like the rugs been pulled from underneath me. Just deflated. And even if I express to him all this, if he “changes his mind” and joins us, it’s ruined because I know he’d rather be somewhere else.
Am I over reacting though? This is all so fresh, my feelings are just so hurt. I want to give it some space before I say anything or make any decisions.
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he’s not really going on your family vacation is he? so tell him to have fun on the trip and you’ll see him after.
sorry he got your hopes up that he actually wanted to hang with you and your family. tell him to just do his own separate vacation or he will just look rude to your family.
(and by look rude I mean he IS rude)
A relationship of just one year feels awfully soon to spend a ten day vacation with your family.
Maybe split the time — he gets a week at the beach and then a long weekend with your family.
And yeah, it sounds like there’s a lot of important communication not happening, or happening badly.
How many total days of vacation does he get a year?
I’m sorry, I’m with your boyfriend on this one.
I also wouldn’t want to go to Florida in JULY and spend the whole time in NOT on a beach. I’m surprised you want to!
I’d also die in a small town, not near the beach, cooped up with the family of someone I’ve only been dating a year.
I like the suggestion an other commenter made about him having a beach vacation and visiting the family for a few days.
It does sound like you need to work on communication though. Him telling you “he’d die” is actually a good thing. He’s being honest. Now, hopefully he’s willing to sacrifice some beach days to see your family because it’s important to you.
Don’t you also want some beach time with him? Holding hands at night on the beach would be nice.
He don’t like you and your family.