Having the same holiday every year.

chewmylegoff

Corelli wrote: »

As a child my family used to return every year to the same guest house in Dorset. This was back in the late fifties and through the sixties. I took this for granted then and enjoyed the continuity.

Now we've discovered a lot of autism in the family I'm wondering if this might be another sign of it in my father? There are plenty of other things about him that suggest he was well and truly on the spectrum but I don't know about this. Was this 'normal' at the time?

When I was growing up we went to the same cottage in Cornwall every year at Easter for at least 10 years in a row and I was born in 1979...

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

maman wrote: »

I wonder if the Queen ever tires of Balmoral or Sandringham?;)

Probably still finding rooms she didn't know existed.

victory

Corelli wrote: »

I'm convinced It's not an autistic trait. My Dad definitely was on the spectrum- this is the man who was asked to check the pie in the oven - he opened the door, looked at it and called out 'yes, it's still there'. Many many stories and ways of behaviour I now recognise. But not this one, you've all convinced me.

No, it's not an autistic trait, we have been going to the same holiday resort for as long as I can remember and there is no autism about it, we just know it, love it, look forward to it and are used to it:D

getmore4less

Corelli wrote: »

I'm convinced It's not an autistic trait. My Dad definitely was on the spectrum- this is the man who was asked to check the pie in the oven - he opened the door, looked at it and called out 'yes, it's still there'. Many many stories and ways of behaviour I now recognise. But not this one, you've all convinced me.

If you look you will find...

people tend to have jokes they think are funny and endlessly repeat parents are notorious for this with their kids and continue to use them even when their kids grow up.

"it's still there" is one of the classics.

seven-day-weekend

My sister and her late husband had a caravan in the New Forest and went there several times a year for years after they retired - some locals thought they lived there.

My next door neighbours have gone to the same camping pitch (not just site), at the same time of year,every year for the last thirty years.

Seems thta's just what some people do.

Georgiegirl256

getmore4less wrote: »

If you look you will find...

people tend to have jokes they think are funny and endlessly repeat parents are notorious for this with their kids and continue to use them even when their kids grow up.

"it's still there" is one of the classics.

Yes, that's very true actually. At first I was like aww bless, but now you've said that, it's reminded me that it's the kind of joke my Dad would come out with....in fact I think he did when we made apple and blueberry pie the other day! :rotfl:

minerva_windsong

We've stayed in the same holiday cottage in Cornwall every year for the last five years and are only going to a different one this year because the original one was booked up! I think it's nice as it creates a sense of being linked to a place and the memories you have there, which is probably helped by the fact that it's the one time my whole family goes on holiday together so it feels more like a big reunion. But equally it is nice to go to different places too and OH and I try to do that whenever we can - I don't think we've been back to the same place other than to visit family since we got together.

ibizafan_2

This June will be my 18th visit to Ibiza (don't believe the hype about it being just full of clubbers!) The town we stay in has everything I want from a holiday and we meet up with the same group at the hotel every year. Having said that, I am also going to Mexico and Australia this year so I am lucky to be able to go to different places as well. I think that years ago it was common to go to the same place often. I can remember holidays in Bournemouth at the same hotel several years running and that was back in the 50s. It's a nice feeling to return to a place you really like and you don't have to waste time sussing everything out. My OH is always amused at the excitement I show on the final approach to Ibiza Airport!

hgotsparkle

I'm a 90s kid and my holidays were always spent in Norfolk, and my mums holidays as a kid were in Norfolk too. Now I live in Norfolk, oddly enough but my mum doesn't. I think it was normality as now holidays are usually seen as an adventure abroad. Though, I do never really understand why people go to the same resort abroad year after year. I personally want to go somewhere new and discover things.
Though, maybe it is a sign of autism as the specific part of Norfolk we used to holiday in, I can't bear to go back there as I always hated it, even as a kid.

onlyroz

There are some places I love going back to, e.g. Keswick, Polperro, and we go to one or the other for a week most years if we get a chance. We know the places we like to visit and the best restaurants to eat in, and it's good to see that the shops and pubs are still being run by the same families and are doing well. However, we also like to visit new places as well, and make sure that each year we also go to somewhere we have never been before. I don't think that either viewpoint makes you particularly abnormal.