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AIBU that DH and I are too sick to eat McDonalds ?

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 11:27

DH and I are driving 6 hours to spend a week with his parents to help them with the house, medical appointments, etc. We were too sick to travel yesterday but have to go today as we have the plumber coming (to his parents') first thing tomorrow.

Typically when we do this trip without the DC* we stop for a McDonald's when we wee and change drivers. It's like a little treat before we spend a week of DIY, cleaning, etc. DH loves McDonald's, but otherwise we eat home cooked food.

AIBU to be a bit sad that we are both too ill to eat today, esp. as the drive will be a bit of a struggle / more tiring given that we're both feeling a bit crap?

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StarlightLime · 07/04/2024 15:04

So just say what's wrong with you. Why so coy?

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 15:03

Neither of us is hungover! Nor do we have food poisoning.

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 15:02

Nudgethatjudge · 07/04/2024 14:59

We didn't stop on our way this time but I have purchased a new cryptic puzzle book. By chance my particular favourite type of crossword puzzles were at a train station bookshop I happened to collecting of my DS's from. The JOY!!!!!

Hope you feel better soon and the week of sorting stuff/appointments goes well.

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Thanks. Yes the joy of finding exactly what you want!

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Nudgethatjudge · 07/04/2024 14:59

Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 14:51

Oh no! Could you buy a new book on the way?

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We didn't stop on our way this time but I have purchased a new cryptic puzzle book. By chance my particular favourite type of crossword puzzles were at a train station bookshop I happened to collecting of my DS's from. The JOY!!!!!

Hope you feel better soon and the week of sorting stuff/appointments goes well.

mynameiscalypso · 07/04/2024 14:58

I assume hungover too (from my experience yesterday 😂)

Excited101 · 07/04/2024 14:57

Food poisoning can be contagious if it’s that op.

Candleabra · 07/04/2024 14:57

StarlightLime · 07/04/2024 14:54

Hangover? Otherwise, you can't possibly tell you're not contagious.

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Yes I assumed a hangover if you’ve both got the same symptoms (but without any contagion). Why not say that then? Recovery from a hangover has different timescales than being sick which is what you said in the OP.

User356432 · 07/04/2024 14:56

StarlightLime · 07/04/2024 14:54

Hangover? Otherwise, you can't possibly tell you're not contagious.

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Agreed. Even if it was food-poisoning, could easily be norovirus which is definitely contagious.

If it's a hangover then one wonders what the purpose was in starting an entire thread to ask strangers about eating McDonalds when they were simply too smashed to travel.

StarlightLime · 07/04/2024 14:54

Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 14:51

Something else that isn't contagious, as I said.

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Hangover? Otherwise, you can't possibly tell you're not contagious.

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 14:51

Nudgethatjudge · 07/04/2024 14:47

Promise yourselves one on the way home. Then next month plan a not-going-anywhere trip that takes you to a McDonald's to 'replace' the one you missed out on.

I get the rituals of travel.
Mine is to do a cryptic crossword whilst DP drives. But on our long journey on Friday I'd forgotten to double check my crossword book is in the car - he got a new car a few months ago and not replaced what he calls my "junk" back in. I really missed it.

Oh no! Could you buy a new book on the way?

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 14:51

Candleabra · 07/04/2024 14:44

Delicate stomach? Tummy bug or something else? How do you know you’re not contagious?

I hope your journey is ok as you’ve already decided to go, but I certainly wouldn’t be doing a six hour drive to elderly parents if I felt unwell.

Something else that isn't contagious, as I said.

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Nudgethatjudge · 07/04/2024 14:47

Promise yourselves one on the way home. Then next month plan a not-going-anywhere trip that takes you to a McDonald's to 'replace' the one you missed out on.

I get the rituals of travel.
Mine is to do a cryptic crossword whilst DP drives. But on our long journey on Friday I'd forgotten to double check my crossword book is in the car - he got a new car a few months ago and not replaced what he calls my "junk" back in. I really missed it.

Candleabra · 07/04/2024 14:44

Delicate stomach? Tummy bug or something else? How do you know you’re not contagious?

I hope your journey is ok as you’ve already decided to go, but I certainly wouldn’t be doing a six hour drive to elderly parents if I felt unwell.

Daffodilsarentfluffy · 07/04/2024 14:41

Surely Maccies would dampen your recovery..
? 😷

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Meganmeccano · 07/04/2024 14:40

Neither of us is contagious.

I am feeling much better today, but stomach a bit delicate hence no McDs, so for now I am driving. Yes, we will stop every 2 hours as usual, and yes we have both eaten bland food, we wouldn't drive on an empty stomach.

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FawnFrenchieMum · 07/04/2024 14:01

Doesnt make sense to me as McDs is my comfort go to food when ill. Stodge that lines the stomach. If I couldn’t eat Maccies, I couldn’t drive an hour let alone six.

TheSnowyOwl · 07/04/2024 13:58

If you are that ill you shouldn’t be driving or looking after/infecting others.

JustWhatWeDontNeed · 07/04/2024 13:57

Reschedule the plumber and go a day or two later.

PuttingDownRoots · 07/04/2024 13:56

Use a drive through?

FlyingPizzaMonkey · 07/04/2024 13:54

KeepingItUnderTheRadar · 07/04/2024 13:41

I can't imagine what kind of illness makes you too ill to eat but suitable to drive for several hours tbh.

Me neither.

5128gap · 07/04/2024 13:46

If you're ill and driving you need to eat. Unless there's some reason you can't face McD, then have it as usual. It's high calorie immediate energy, soft and effortless to consume and as good as anything else to keep you going. If you can't face it, pencil it on as a treat for as soon as you feel better.

Caspianberg · 07/04/2024 13:46

Yeah surely you need to stop anyway? 6hrs is a long drive without a wee.

Just stop there anyway. Buy a coffee or a cold drink, use loo, take 20 min break. Get a snack if you feel like it

gamerchick · 07/04/2024 13:44

Man that sucks. Having to do all that driving with a lurgy that you might pass on. Might be worth stocking up on stuff for the in-laws if they catch it. You must both be feeling like utter crap, i'm sorry man.

Get one on the way back. Victory McDonalds.

KeepingItUnderTheRadar · 07/04/2024 13:41

I can't imagine what kind of illness makes you too ill to eat but suitable to drive for several hours tbh.

DontGetYourTitsInATwist · 07/04/2024 13:40

I'd have to be at death's door to be too sick for McDonald's, so I vote YABU