Just need a vent.
My husband and I are recently back from a once in a lifetime holiday that we had been saving for.
My husband is fantastic day to day and a great dad but we also run a very stressful company where the staff have taken to jokingly calling him 'Angry Ryan'. He's not rude to anyone he's just very strict with our employees to be on top form for customers and doesn't take any shit lets say. He's just very stressed in general and always has been really.
Any other holiday we have been on he still replies to odd whatsapps and urgent emails but this time we left the office in the very capable hands of two of the office girls and one of the lads on the road as the supervisor as it was a once in a lifetime trip.
My husband was a different person! He didn't touch his phone once other than in the evening where we spoke to our kids on video call (we are taking them away next month for family holiday). He was so engaged with the local customs and sat for ages on the beach speaking to waiters, learning about their religion etc, playing football on the beach with the little local kids, going out and buying them sweets and flip flops (in the most non weird way possible 😅). He was so relaxed and chilled out it took me aback a couple of times. I posted some pics to our work group chat and everyone replied saying omg he's smiling, bring this version back to the UK!
Now we are back to reality and he is his normal running round everywhere getting stressed out self and I am missing the man from our two weeks away.
I feel like booking a holiday every month after this.