Being in the same boat, the mothers at the nursery formed strong alliances. We lived in and out of each others houses, bolstering ourselves with bottles of wine; the kids sleeping anywhere and everywhere. We had lots of holidays together in the UK and abroad, and took the children to festivals. Bob took a job with the Rank Organisation who owned Haven Holidays. The children and I and our many friends were given free use of as many caravans on the Haven sites as we could utilise. We were often on holiday with 8-10 mums and twice as many children.
Despite our problems these were fun days. Amongst my peers I was extremely lucky in that my children had just one father whom they regularly went to stay with. For some of my friends, organising childfree time with various fathers was a nightmare. But there was no time that wasn't an excuse for an occasion. We had parties for everyone's birthday; went camping on beaches at weekends; dressed up for elections, halloween, Christmas, and when Watford football club played (heading from 4th to 1st division); put on pantomimes and plays; had endless bar-b-ques and dinner parties; had squid and brandy parties when anyone returned from holiday in Spain or Portugal; organised festivals in the local forest and generally enjoyed this special time with our young children.
Being in the same boat, the mothers at the nursery formed strong alliances. We lived in and out of each others houses, bolstering ourselves with bottles of wine; the kids sleeping anywhere and everywhere. We had lots of holidays together in the UK and abroad, and took the children to festivals. Bob took a job with the Rank Organisation who owned Haven Holidays. The children and I and our many friends were given free use of as many caravans on the Haven sites as we could utilise. We were often on holiday with 8-10 mums and twice as many children.
Despite our problems these were fun days. Amongst my peers I was extremely lucky in that my children had just one father whom they regularly went to stay with. For some of my friends, organising childfree time with various fathers was a nightmare. But there was no time that wasn't an excuse for an occasion. We had parties for everyone's birthday; went camping on beaches at weekends; dressed up for elections, halloween, Christmas, and when Watford football club played (heading from 4th to 1st division); put on pantomimes and plays; had endless bar-b-ques and dinner parties; had squid and brandy parties when anyone returned from holiday in Spain or Portugal; organised festivals in the local forest and generally enjoyed this special time with our young children.
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