Would you take your teenage son on a honeymoon?

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If you got married again later in life, and had a 15-year-old son. No issues, no additional needs etc

Would you take him on your honeymoon?

He has a father he could stay with, he has his grandparents, his auntie etc who would happily take him and has stayed there before at summer holidays.

Absolutely not.

Yes but it sounds like you don’t want to, so don’t.

Of course not. Have honeymooned twice without DC younger than that.

No I wouldn’t.

Doesn't that defeat the whole object of a honeymoon?

That's not a honeymoon, its a family holiday.

No!

How long away would you be? Overnight in Blackpool, no. 2 weeks on a safari in Africa, yes.

If you both want. Bur then it's not really a honeymoon.

If I wanted him there sure. All depends on how "romantic" i was expecting the honeymoon to be. Where I was going etc. How the other half felt about it, what the son wanted to do.

No. I would want to spend time with my husband. Honeymoon and family holiday, in my opinion are two different things. If he has family that are happy to have him, then go and enjoy your honeymoon as a newly married couple.

No, I wouldn't.

Of course not.
it’s also fine to leave some 15 tr olds at home if he doesn’t like the options. (My first wasn’t ready, but dd2 is).

A honeymoon was/is the time spent for a couple to become sexually intimate.
As you're probably already sexually intimate its just a romantic holiday really.

I wouldn't take a dc with me on a romantic holiday regardless of age.

You either want a honeymoon or a family holiday. If you want a family holiday thats fine not everyone has honeymoons. But if you want a honeymoon don't take a teenager with you

No, I wouldn't. A honeymoon isn't an ordinary holiday - it's the start of your married life. You should be focused on each other and not parenting a teen. Plus, IME teens are a PITA on holiday! They don't really want to do the stuff that adults do, they want to sleep in, spend time on their phones, go to the gym, eat endlessly and much though I love my two I'm delighted to have a reason to leave them at home!

No!

But if DC hadn’t been on a holiday anywhere near as nice as the honeymoon destination would either plan a more modest honeymoon, or plan an additional, nice holiday with the DC.

No. He'd stay with his other parent. I say this as someone who took their 3 year old on honeymoon after marrying their dad. We had no realistic alternative unless we went away for max 2 nights. But you do.

does your partner want their step son on holiday?

No I wouldn’t

No

I agree with this.

Honeymoon aren't mandatory. You need to decide which you and your new spouse want.

If he doesn't then I wouldn't be getting married.

Assuming you’re marrying someone who isn’t his bio dad I think it’s a wonderful way to give a big signal of how your son is front and centre in your life still. Of course if he doesn’t come on the honeymoon you can demonstrate in other ways
if he’s up for it all then go for it, it will be massive for him his mum getting married and you have the rest of your life to holiday without him
what’s influencing your decision OP? X

Nope