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First day of holiday and I've already had a Facebook message from the stalker family asking what we are doing and where we are going today!

It popped up on my iPad so I was able to read it without opening the message so she won't know I've seen it.

For gods sake.

And stalker son has sent S a FB message.

Just got signal dip in for my phone and she has sent me two messages asking what we are doing.

WE ARE NOT ON HOLIDAY WITH YOU.

Hope you've given S strict instructions

Debih why not just tell her- you don't like making plans, you're on holiday.
And while you're more than happy to arrange to see them one day or evening, you'd really prefer to go your own way the rest of the time
She'll spoil your holiday if you're not careful, and that would be silly (((x)))

Wot Di said

Diflower wrote:Hope you've given S strict instructions

Debih why not just tell her- you don't like making plans, you're on holiday.
And while you're more than happy to arrange to see them one day or evening, you'd really prefer to go your own way the rest of the time
She'll spoil your holiday if you're not careful, and that would be silly (((x)))

Couldn't have put it better myself.

Some people really just need 'to be told'

Enjoy your holiday Debs - you flamin deserve to!

Ditto wot Di said - with an aside under my breath, which would get me banned from here

Oh, and you'd better come here next year - she can't follow you here - just say the Algarve

She doesn't seem to be getting the hint Debih, so you might just have to be a bit more blunt

This is your holiday, hard earned, and you should be doing what suits you! xx

Just ignore them don't reply

The ignoring didn't work!

It was overcast this morning so we went for a wander round Perranporth then at 12pm decided to head to the beach.

We always go to the same beach - Trevanance Cove - as it has everything there you need - chips, drinks, loos, a pub and hunky life guards - but mainly because Mick doesn't "do" the beach so he can drop us off and we can walk home as it's 10 minutes walk from the cottage.

We arrived. We set up near the walk way down to the beach as that would mean we got more time as the tide was coming in. I helped the girls get their wet suits on, got my chair out and hadn't even sat down in when they appeared above me on the walk way.

They'd obviously come looking for us as they had no beach stuff with them, just what they were stood in. After about an hour I said if she wanted to go and get towels and change of clothes I would keep an eye on the boys (and be able to read my book). So she disappeared with her hubby for a couple of hours.

I feel mean as the kids all had a lovely time and I do like Mr and Mrs Stalker but when I'm on the beach I just want to sit and people watch or read my book, not make conversation. And her kids are really high maintenance, mine just don their wetsuits, grab their body boards and only come back for food or drink. Her youngest (aged 11, just about to start secondary school) kept coming back to tell me he'd hurt himself on this that or the other. He soon realised he would only get sympathy from me if he was either drowning or missing a limb.

She's already talking about meeting up tomorrow. I did warn her I would be reading if we were there but we wouldn't decide what to do until the morning so I wasn't making any plans.