want to go on holiday without my girlfriend

jesus smith

Ok basically my problem is i want to go on holiday without my girlfriend, theres a festival on at the end of June that i really want to go to.
now me and my girlfriend haven't been getting on all that well lately and i could do with some time to myself, also i just spent the past 4 months completely sober and living all healthy because i had college work to finish off and i wanted a clear head so if I'm going to a festival i want to get drunk and wander about meeting new people and hanging round with my mates, i don't want to be stuck hanging round with her for three days behaving myself (incidentally theres absolutely no chance id cheat on her at all, not that kind of guy)
thing is she goes off on holiday with friends without me fairly regularly, in fact we've never gone away together ever but i seen the line up of the festival went a bit mad and then she was like "great so when will we get the tickets?"
don't really know how to break it to her that i want to go on my own.
any suggestions? help?

Fwaggle

If you want go with your mates, you could say something to her like "the boys want to go to the festival together, because we haven't hung out in ages" Make it clear that the lads want to go without girlfriends and to be honest, if she goes on holiday without you she should understand.

ergonomics

Just tell her the truth, that you want to go alone for some 'you' time. Myself and my boyfriend regularly do things by ourselves. It's nice in a way, absence makes the heart grow fonder. We both got tickets for Electric Picnic but we're not going together. Why not suggest that she do the same? That she gets a group of friends together and goes on her own. That way you could still see each other at it, if you like, but not necessarily all the time.

little lady

Sit her down and explain to her what you have said in your thread

 You both haven’t been getting on to well lately and that you think a few days break away might be a good thing and that you were thinking the festival weekend would be a good chance and that if she didn’t mind you would prefer to go without her.
 If you think it is necessary emphasise the fact that you are not going to cheat on her and that you just need to go a bit mad after your exams and stuff.
 If she kicks up (which she probably will) point out the fact that she goes on holidays with her friends without you on a regular basis and that is all you want to do.

Talk to her calmly but be prepared for her to be annoyed, hurt and take it up the wrong way but if you really want to go without her then you need to stick to you guns and say no.

crazy2000

i agree with lady above