Worst thing you left at home when you went on holiday?

[Clawdy]

Years ago, I did a quick clean of the kitchen, just before leaving for a fortnight away. Completely forgot about the dog's bowl which was on the floor with some dog food in it. When we returned, kitchen had a weird smell, and the bowl was a seething mess of wriggling maggots!

Me too! My case got overlooked as we departed from our London flat. Nobody noticed!

Travelled to Heathrow heading for Florida, went to check my huge case in and !!!!! Couldn’t go back for it!

It was December a long time ago, Snowy weather, so I was head to toe in warm clothing. Thick tights, velvet jacket, wool skirt, over coat. boots!

When we arrived Florida, for first 24 hours it was purgatory until we were settled enough to go shopping! I got an entire new summer wardrobe!

My tent and sleeping bag, for a festival! Was almost there! Cue a 3hr drive back to my house and then start again the following morning! Major waste of time and petrol!
My DH’s DF forgot his hiking boots to the lakes many moons ago, got out of the car wearing his slippers… whoops!

this might be a bit outing but I once left my son at home! I swear I didn’t notice till the plane had taken off! Had to double back from Paris at Christmas, absolute chaos! Anyway, I can laugh about it now.

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Obviously he wore something on his bottom half (jeans?! Hopefully not trackies!) but the mental image this threw up was very funny! I am imagining sock suspenders a la Eric Morcambe too for some reason!

The reason you are no longer together is obvious. But what was his reaction when you finally got there? How was the holiday?

He was in bits by the time I arrived the next evening 😂 He’d really struggled to find the accommodation. He had no clue about DDs bedtime routine or how to settle them in a strange house. He was so annoyed when I finally arrive with a nice blow dry, all relaxed 😂 but he could hardly be mad with me … the holiday was okay. Sardinia.

So the thing to take from this thread according to husbands.....

When women fuck up, its all their fault and they should do better.

When men fuck up, its all someone elses fault and why are we making a fuss that one kid has no medication?

Sorry to bring the vibe down but honestly, sick of reading of (thankfully mostly EX) husbands forgetting everything but their own stuff. Man forgets daughters knickers when she is on her period...no big deal. Woman forgets one childs tshirts....she is a crap mother.

I bow down to you My Lady!

That was wonderfully done. Did he kind of try and macho it out, as in "Sure I will take them, its not hard is it?!" having put down all that you had done previously?

I have a mental image of you arriving with your lovely swishy hair and breezily asking "How is everything?" and then him as a broken pile of uselessness.

Dare I ask.....did he improve? Appreciate you more? I think I can guess the answer based on the "ex" status!

As an adult my mum shared she'd left her 'dutch cap' birth control at home once when we were off for a family holiday. Dad got public transport home and joined us at the airport in time for us to fly to sunny Spain.

Dads was clearly not having a holiday without a shag! haha!

Awh thanks 😂
No. He absolutely did not try to macho it out. He wanted to rebook all of us on a flight the next day … no way did he want to deal with our two DDs single handedly on a two and a half hour flight. He was only ever super dad when there was an audience. It was DDs I felt sorry for … 😞 They didn’t trust him to know what to do. Weaponised incompetence or plain laziness were his forte.
And no he never improved. We separated and I foolishly believed that would force him to step up and be a Father … it’s seven years since he last seen our DDs.

I don’t mind the mental load of planning holidays now I don’t have a giant man child in tow 😂

When we were newly weds I had a Bree Vanderkamp moment that lasted all of an hour and packed my husband's suitcase for a visit to my parents. I realised that trad-wife was not my true calling when we got there and he realised he had no t-shirts for the whole week. He ended up having to borrow a load off my Dad. 😂

Sounds like my ex, superdad in front of his family but a total waste of blood and organs otherwise. the shit I got from his mother when I dared to leave him! He met the next wife within months and hasnt seen (now 27 year old) DD since....she was 3. Tried to get in touch with her via FB a few years ago, and her response was so classy.

Firstly she asked who he was (she knew) and he had to explain. Said "I am your dad" and she replied "No you're not. My dad is the man who brought me up and loved me. I dont know who you are. I am blocking you and if you try to contact me again I will report you for harrassment."

She has three half sisters who would like to know her, but she has no interest in them. I feel sorry for them but at the same time I totally understand DD's POV. They have all been let down by a deadbeat.

The entirety of the kids stockings at Christmas. I'd spent so long planning and buying them! Had to pretend Santa didn't realize we had gone away, and delivered the stockings & presents to our home by mistake!

My ex dragged us through the courts, claimed ‘alienation’ when I refused to let him see DDs whenever he could be bothered and without notice …He then sought sole custody of two children he’d never cared for 🙄 It was ridiculous, stressful and eventually unsuccessful. He went from wanting them to live with him full time to not seeing them at all overnight. He has a telephone relationship with them…and they’re completely indifferent. He has a new wife now. She’s the trad variety … she doesn’t expect him to lift a finger. I’m sure she never forgets the passports 😂

All my carefully home made and frozen in cubes baby food for my 9 month old son - I had to go to the local shop and buy jars of food and we were staying somewhere really rural and there wasn’t much choice and it was so expensive. I was so cross with myself but he learnt to handle more textures that week as we were mashing up our food for him as well.

So he finally got what he wanted....he married Mummy!

Sad that she traded down so much poor cow.

I carefully packed my stoma supplies. Unfortunately my sweet husband unpacked them to put something else in and forgot to put them back. We didn't realise until we actually got to the holidays destination. We had no choice but to return home

Before online check in etc. I left boarding passes along with directions, and details of accommodation booked in France, I didn't panic too much as thought could search address & booking details when landed but I had no mobile service and DH had left his phone at home. I had a vague idea of place name, asked at hotel near airport who directed us to similar sounding town, which turned out to be 60km from our actual destination. I still to this day do not know how we managed to find where we had booked as night fell but it was many hours later. Dh & 3 small DC were not forgiving or helpful in slightest😬

Today, 6 hours into a 9 hour drive to Denmark I realised I have forgotten my oestrogel.

my dad, last time he came to visit forgot his passport. He got the train from Scotland down to join my mum in Milton Keynes and they were flying together from Luton (they‘re divorced but still come together sometimes to visit). He realised he’d forgotten it once he got to mums in the evening with a lunchtime flight the next day. He got back on the train up to Scotland, arrived 1am. Slept 4 hours and got the 5am train back down, arriving at the airport 45 mins before the gates closed. Mum meanwhile had a lay in, took a relaxed taxi to the airport and was having lunch and a glass of wine when dad eventually arrived.

We rarely forget anything on holiday as DH is somewhat obsessive. He keeps lists of what we take on each holiday and fishes the appropriate type list for the next, ie. hot country abroad, UK camping, visiting a relative etc. When we return he adds or subtracts things from the list if something is not used or something new is needed while away.
He starts packing at least 2 weeks before. I get reminded repeatedly about things he thinks I should pack, culminating in being questioned with a complete checklist the night before departure 🙄
The only things I can remember him having problems with are car keys. He locked a set in the car when we were on our way to a wedding at which he was supposed to be taking the photos. And once didn't have the keys for our car's Krooklok when we went to collect it after a flight. The AA sorted it both times - the latter time with a hacksaw 😁

A few years back, at about Xmas time, I was going on holiday to new york, I think, and left my 10 year old son at home...and whilst I was away the house got burgled.