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AIBU?

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This is shit, even for the Daily Mail

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WayHarshTai · 22/08/2013 08:20

I'm not going to link.

It's an article about 'letting your man pack for your holiday' where three men bravely battle against the odds to pack their wives' suitcases.

And OBVIOUSLY they pack jumpers, a hat off a scarecrow and trainers that are three sizes too big.

What the fuck, Daily Mail? You couldn't make this shit up. Oh, wait, they just did.

What would happen if you 'let' your partner pack for you? The only reason DH might fail is becuase he isn't a mindreader and may not know exactly what clothes I wanted, but I'd have a properly packed case with everything I need.

I don't know any men as infantilised as the ones they've made dug up for this article.

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mrsscoob · 22/08/2013 08:23

I hate the Daily Mail YANBU

LynetteScavo · 22/08/2013 08:23

DH would just pack everything I own, to cover all options. He's very conscientious like that.

CocacolaMum · 22/08/2013 08:24

If I let my man pack for me I would find myself with hand luggage as he seems to think that's all you need for a family of four for 2 weeks (been down this road just a matter of weeks ago) HOWEVER if he conceded that actually spare clothing was a good plan it would be just as well packed (if not better) than if I had done it.

I used to read Daily mail online but its articles are so ridiculous that I no longer have the patience for it. Just say no!

LynetteScavo · 22/08/2013 08:24

Oh, sorry, was it a rhetorical question?

Montybojangles · 22/08/2013 08:25

I live with one. Trust me, they do exist. He has a PhD so isn't lacking intelligence. He's just clueless in a lot of real life stuff. It's one of the reasons I laugh at him love him so much.

ToddCranes · 22/08/2013 08:25

My DH would pack better than me. I hate packing. I once packed just one shoe for a long weekend away. Did pack some clothes luckily!

Montybojangles · 22/08/2013 08:26

Ps. YABU for ever reading anything from the daily mail

flipchart · 22/08/2013 08:32

4 of us live in my house, me DH. DS1 17 and DS2 who is 13.

We all pack our own cases. I used to pack for the boys but stopped once they were 10. I would say things like have you remembered.......? But don't even do that anymore.
The only extra I do if I have time before we go is do the miscellaneous packing ( adapters, passports, sort the documents etc) and DH will double check ( or the other way round, who ever is free first)

WireCat · 22/08/2013 08:44

We would end up needing our own plane.

This is due to the fact dh packs for all seasons/eventualities.

This is typical DM shite.

samandi · 22/08/2013 08:50

What would happen if you 'let' your partner pack for you?

Being an intelligent adult, I'm sure he'd be able to manage.

He might not get the right make-up stuff though.

Packing for him as well as me would drive me round the bend.

ImATotJeSuisUneTot · 22/08/2013 08:52

DP would pack horrendously. I've seen what he packs for his weekends away.

Plus, He's colour blind so the combos would be shocking.

nancerama · 22/08/2013 08:54

DH once assumed that I'd packed for him. He spent an entire long weekend in the same clothes and underwear. He's very good at packing now.

Latara · 22/08/2013 08:54

I wouldn't let anyone else pack for me; but I would expect a partner to pack for himself.

My 65-yr-old Dad lives alone and copes perfectly with packing suitcases, all manner of houseworkly tasks, DIY tasks and works full time - so I have high standards for a man to live up to!

Stupid Daily Mail.

Whippoorwhill · 22/08/2013 08:58

My husband frequently works away and is an expert case packer. I always let him pack the bags for all of us when we are going away. I help, I mean I'm not sat filing my nails and eating bon-bons while he does all the work but he tells me what to go and round up next as he's far better at thinking of what we need and manages to fit it all in.

Tee2072 · 22/08/2013 08:58

I pack for my husband in the sense that I put the things he lays on the bed into the suitcase because he doesn't have a 'fold things neatly' gene and I do.

So he would be able to pack for me in the same manner except that everything would be a jumbled mess on the other end.

Boosiehs · 22/08/2013 09:07

I'd end up with a rucksack filled with my oldest (probably dirty from the wash basket) clothes. None of which would match, none of which would be in the slightest bit appropriate for the destination. All of which would be crumpled to shit as he'd stuffed them in a rucksack.

I would have a toothbrush, but probably not a hairbrush or any make-up or toiletries.

I'm having this exact dilemma with my hospital bag today.

I lovey DH very muh, and he is incredibly bright (PhD etc) but he is not in anyway shape or form practical!

starfishmummy · 22/08/2013 09:07

Dh has never packed for me as such, but did once have to bring clothes to the hospital when I was saying with ds. In spite of me saying what I wanted and where it was he just grabbed some stuff out of the ironing basket and brought it in as it was. It was so crumpled there was no way I could wear it!

5madthings · 22/08/2013 09:10

Dp has and to pack for me when I ended up staying in hospital unexpectedly and he did I find. He would do fine if to was for a holiday, he knows what I like to wear, knows the stuff I need is creams and tablets etc it wpidltn be a problem.

He packs for himself when we go away and can pakc for the kids etc as well.

VinegarDrinker · 22/08/2013 09:12

Oh god this kind of thing gives me the rage. (Haven't read the article, just going on the description!)

The saddest thing though is the number of women out there enabling this kind of behaviour.

It isn't just generational, either. I know intelligent, educated, professional women in their 20s who encourage and enable their partners/husbands to behave like giant toddlers. And you see it on here all the time.

MissOtisRegretsMadam · 22/08/2013 09:16

Oh the comedy capers of useless men eh?

lurkingaround · 22/08/2013 09:18

I haven't read this, and don't intend to. But from the sound of the article, if I were a man I would be outraged that I have been portrayed as an imbecile who cannot even pack.

antimatter · 22/08/2013 09:24

trainers 3 sizes too big?
whose trainers were those?

Ehhn · 22/08/2013 09:26

On our first holiday together, my oh packed for a safari trip (leaving our hotel for 4 days). He took a wife-beater and some swimmers and some pants. Nothing else. For four days in different places. However, I have teased/abused him for 6 years now about that episode and male pride has turned him into an excellent packer.

NoComet · 22/08/2013 09:41

DH would do passably well, except I'd get far to many dresses (he is an old fashioned, slightly sexist soul) and he'd forget my long legged knickers so said dresses would be very uncomfortable if hot.

But I certainly would have knickers, bras, deodorant, toothbrush and some shoes. Possibly the wrong shoes and probably no/all my makeup (I hardly ever wear any so this is understandable).

However, I dread to think what he would pack for himself as he hasn't a clue what clothes he owns and I've packed for him for the last 23 years (I think honeymoon was the last time he might have organised himself and then he was a student with shorts, T shirts, sandles and one pair of passible summer trousers and a pair of trunks, that was it apart from from winter-stuff, so he couldn't really get it wrong).

Clothes are not his thing, I buy clothes and pack for him, he fights with our long hedge, large lawn and a 1001 other shit jobs I am not interested in.

Buzzardbird · 22/08/2013 09:48

Exactly antimatter, that was the first thing I thought.

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