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!

My contraceptive pill! It worked out quite happily 12 years plus 9 months later with our lovely Dd13

Same, sort of. Only it was all the children's clothes in a huge suitcase. My husband had lifted our one but somehow forgot to put theirs in the car. Only noticed when we arrived at our destination 5 hours drive later. Just had to go to Tesco's and pick things up.

Because who does that! You obviously, and I guess a fair few people, but a lot don’t.

Kids suitcase.

Classic answer 😁

’Mum has forgotten her important medication’. Or if they are open to each other ‘Mum has forgotten her Pills, you don’t want a baby sibling do you, so we had better go back for them!’

Water companies encourage you to not flush when it is only a wee, to save water. There is a rhyme for it but I forget!

I’m going to need a visual - I have no clue how that would work?! How big was the boat?? I’d also have just booked the seats their own suitcase, DH would’ve known better than to moan about extra baggage fees over me and the kids leaving our stuff behind

When it’s yellow, let it mellow. When it’s brown, flush it down 🤣

I’m amazed you guys leave the house tbh 🤣

Diving license.

Talking of what we leave behind and another thread on giving kids more responsibility …..that I thoroughly support

Our kids have been packing their holiday bags since they were ??? About 8 ish
One trip to France and
one of them just brought soft toys, swimming trunks and some pants
his twin did even better with rubber snakes but yes!! Some actual clothes.

I remember security at the airport pulling his carry on suitcase to one side and asking “do you have a snake in your bag” and my ds nodding “yes” 🤣🤣🤣 and then all the waiting passengers stepping away from us 😆

If you want your kids to be proactive holiday prepers start them young and let them make mistakes 😁

Baby on the way?

Had booked a holiday cottage specifically because it allowed dogs. 2 hours drive arrived and neither of us had put the dog in the boot. Husband drove back to collect the dog as I unpacked with a nice glass of wine.

I went on holidays with my DS, but my husband was joining us later. So I told him what to switch off. Luckily he said at that time, he will just switch off the main switch! And I was, 'Oh God no, fridge needs to stay on!' So luckily he didn't do it!
But he did leave some bag of 'whoknowswhat' near the bin that got rotten and we came back home to house full of little flies.

I know, and I ignore it. Flush every time in this house.

Went on holiday for 2 weeks, husband thought it a good idea to turn electric off to save money, when we came back , you can guess what sort of state all the food in the freezer was in 😫

IKR, it surprises me that people who are scrupulous about hygiene would have a dog. They are not clean animals.

Another contender for Most Unhelpful and Irrelevant Response of the Year.

I'll compile a list.

I packed all th bags, DH put them in the car. Arrived at the airport and he'd left a bag behind - the one with the travel cot and other baby stuff in it for our then 6m old DS. He ended up sleeping on a mattress on the floor, in a pillowcase!

Hope the dog bowl was washed !

No we left it to fester for fun.🤣🤣🤣

DH did that once, but iirc it was only a weekend so not too bad.
He’s put a bright orange plug on the freezer now, and we’ve sharpied an exclamation mark onto its switch.

I've forgotten swimming costume on a trip to Scotland. I've asked out daughters to put the bin out while we were on holiday and she forgot. Had to store bin bags in the blue bin till the black got emptied

All of my clothes. I put everything on the end of my bed folded to go in my bag and arrived at my destination with a beach towel, toiletries and hair straighteners.