When your family all want to go somewhere, but one of them is busy, which of these things are the considerate things to do?

I don't want to go anywhere with my family.

This is a loaded question. This doesn't happen in my house because we'll usually arrange a time beforehand.

Ask if they want to go. If they do, wait until they are not busy, if that's an option. (If they want to go but won't be finished in time, then I'd say it's OK to go without them.) Offering to help them finish would be a nice thing to do, too.

Ask if they want to go and if they wish not to , then leave them behind

Depends...I'd ask if they want to go, and wait until they're not busy...

It's their choice if they want to go or not, no biggie.

I have to take the survey creator into account here. I know that you are the mom. You're the *mom*. So act like it! Mom's cook the food, they bandage the knees, they clean the house, they solve all of the problems. Moms *rule*. Moms don't have to *ask*. They rule. When the kids are 18, and they can vote and go to war, then they get a say. But until then, they do what you tell them to do. It's only fair.

This must be a Linda H survey.

strange wording to this question............... but if you have discussed doing something then you should wait for the person to be finished.

And the wife. David took them out while I was busy.

Do you ever get to do anything fun with them?

Yes, a lot.

Scramble out the door without them!!! They already know what time our FAMILY outing is & the time frame so if they aren't ready kno.w.... I leave without them.

But, when they were little I would hurry them along Or get them moving earlier.

Now days I pretty much do my own thing, as my kids are all grow adults with kids of their own.

I think it really depends on what that family member is doing. For example, if that family memeber says s/he is busy, but is clearly not doing anything important, that family member may not want to go.

She's not talking about a 4, 7 and 11 yr old taking off without her. She's talking about the husband taking the kids.

The considerate thing to do would be to help them finish or wait for them.

What my family would probably do is scramble out the door w/o them.....

Most of the options of course.

Dunno, depends on the situation.

The question is kind of confusing, but I'm guessing you mean when you want to go out, but someone is caught up in something else and wants to go, but can't until they're done. I'd see what they're doing, as if I can help out. I hate to be left out, don't want them to be too.

Have them go without me