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Two families swapped homes and partners after a holiday in Wales
Two families swapped homes and partners after holidaying together in Wales.
Rachel Stone was five, and her brother Ian was 10, when their parents told them the adults would form new couples and live in different homes.
Rachel went with her mother to live with neighbour Eddie and his daughter, while her father and Ian lived with Eddie’s wife and daughter.
Rachel felt panic, fear and confusion and missed her older brother, though she liked her new stepsister.
The couples later divorced and married their new partners, while Rachel’s visits to her father became less frequent.
Her life in the new household was chaotic, and she described school as a refuge.
Rachel became a teacher, later worked as a business consultant, and says she eventually forgave her parents, though her mother never explained the family swap to her.
Two families swapped homes and partners after spending a holiday together in Wales.
Rachel Stone was five when her parents and her brother, Ian, joined their neighbours for a two-week holiday.
After the holiday, Rachel and her mother, Kay, moved in with neighbour Eddie and his daughter Alison.
Rachel’s father, Rex, stayed with Ian and moved in with Eddie’s wife, Irene, and their daughter, Dawn.
Rachel later described the separation as traumatic and said the new household was chaotic.
- Who
- Rachel Stone and her family, and their neighbours Eddie, Irene, Alison and Dawn.
- What
- The adults split into two households and moved in with different partners after a holiday together.
- When
- Rachel was five; the holiday lasted two weeks. The exact date is not stated.
- Where
- The holiday was in Wales; the families lived in neighbouring homes, numbered 8 and 10.
- Why
- Not stated
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Her parents took her and Ian on a two-week holiday in a trailer with their neighbours in Wales.
Rachel and Kay moved in with Eddie and Alison, while Rex, Ian, Irene and Dawn lived together in the other home.
The two couples went to court and divorced, then married their new partners in civil ceremonies.
Visits to her former home became less frequent.
- Rachel’s age
- 5 during the holiday
- Ian’s age
- 10 during the holiday
- Holiday length
- Two weeks
- Rachel and Kay’s new home
- House number 8, with Eddie and Alison
- Rex and Ian’s home
- House number 10, with Irene and Dawn
- Rachel’s age at the divorces
- 7
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