When you get told you’re going on a Caribbean cruise, you expect a fortnight of laughter, happiness, and memories that will last a lifetime. However, for this one traveler, her Caribbean cruise with her fiance, his family, and her daughter rapidly turned into a nightmare vacation. Let’s find out what’s happened and her action plan from here…
Something Nobody Could Have Seen Coming
The original poster (OP) explains that she is currently on a Caribbean cruise but has been stranded with her 13-year-old. The reason why – her fiance decided to dump her out of the blue on the second night of the cruise!
Without going into any details on his reasoning, OP has effectively said that he is cut all ties with her and her daughter and has blocked her from messaging and calling him. He has moved to a different cabin and gets up early every day to go out with his family and drink with them.
Alone In The Middle of The Caribbean
It has meant that she is now alone in the middle of the Caribbean with her 13-year-old daughter, and she is understandably feeling very vulnerable. She has said that all she wants to do is sit in her cabin and cry but is conscious of putting on a brave face for her daughter.
She is also aware that vacations like these don’t come around all that often, so she is keen to try and force herself to have a good time as she may never be in this part of the world again. Yesterday, she got off the boat to take her daughter around St. Croix, and they had a nice time. Today she is planning on getting off at St. Maarten.
Her head is all over the place, and she is now second-guessing where these places are safe for a woman and child to wander around together. She feels like she has no one to turn to, so she has taken to a travel forum to find out if anyone has any advice.
Comfort and Reassurance From the Travel Forum
OP received many messages of support and reassurance from other Reddit users. One user who focused on her question about St Maarten told her that it was indeed a safe place and that she could consider asking crew members for suggestions or to “buy an excursion” to try and take her mind off the broken relationship.
Another told her: “Sorry to hear about your situation. That has to be tough. But as for St. Maarten, my wife and I have been there twice, and yes, it’s safe, especially around the port.”
The Boost She Needed
Other users tried to give her the boost she needed after what had happened to her. One person said:
“I feel for you and your situation. But you are in the Caribbean, and your daughter is hopefully amazing company, so make the best out of your situation: LIVE LIFE like you had no regrets. Enjoy your trip and do excursions.
If you’re not enjoying it at the moment, fake it because, at some point you will look back on today, and you want to give the future you a reason to be proud of how well you mastered the situation and how much you made the best out of it for yourself and your daughter.”
Have you ever had a situation as miserable as this on a vacation you had been looking forward to? What would your advice be to OP on how she can go about making the most of the rest of her cruise? Let us know in the comments.
Source: Reddit.
