Camping war - the full saga

Hi there folkes,

Its Saturday morning and we are still camping....Yvano is at Arends place watching cartoons, Marcel is asleep i am just about to go shopping with my friends...after all that has happened we both need new shoes (shhhhtttt read on, thats just a girl thing ).

In May this year our friends invited us to come to their caravan for a week in the summer since we were not going on holiday. The trouble started the week before our holiday. My friend calls me and tells me she sent her husband packing because he was having an affair. It would be best if we didn't come. Yvano was terribly disappointed.

A few days later after loads of phone calls and text messages between us. She asked us to come anyway, it would be good for her to talk and a distraction for her kids....so here we are.

Across the field is another caravan, it is owned by his parents.....her ex in laws..... to caravans down is another caravan , owned by my ex brother in law.....her in laws are in an emotional turmoil because of the oncoming divorce and how to act around my friend and her kids...

Here is the thing....Yvano ran around their caravan. The old guy flipped, really.....he yelled at Yvano and then to me....'thats it i have had enough i want you to go home':( Yvano doesn't mean anything by this, he is five for goodness sake and has a communication problem on top of that with his ADHD and PDD NOS..... There was a huge argument on the field between everyone else and these ex in laws.....My friend called her ex husband and asked him to talk to his parents. He said he would come yesterday.....

He did hold to his word and talked to his parents and after a blasting arguement they all made up and the old guy asked me over. He apologized to me for asking us to go home but told me to keep my kid under control. Well anyone who knows me knows i try....and of course i cried.....I am around him like a fly on honey. My biggest fear is that people can't handle his loudness. The idea of this holiday was for Yvano to have some fun and for me to be able to let go a little......Obviosly i can't.....

We are doubting now whether to go home and give this man the satisfaction of chasing us away or to stay untill monday and try to enjoy the time here...with the rest of the campsite on our side....

I will of course let you know what we do. We should be back Monday at the latest anyway.....

Huge hugs to you all and thanks for reading my blog :)
Jacquie