to ask if you would let your DH or DP go on holiday with your best friend?

[MarthasVineyard]

Mariella Frostrup's DH was called away so couldn't go on the family's holiday on a French barge. So Mariella invited the DH or boyfriend (she doesn't seem sure) of her best friend, Penny Smith, to go instead.

Penny didn't mind, would you? And would you ask your best friend's partner to go away with you and your kids?

Daily Mail link

Well I imagine it's to generate copy isn't it.

And no I couldn't imagine more boring than going on holiday without my own dh and kids.

It's a little bit odd. Doesn't seem like she knew him too well beforehand, which is the weird bit for me.

Deciding you want another adult on the trip is perfectly understandable. Maybe she missed out the bit where everyone else she asked wasn't able to come, he was the only adult available, and so she thought "fuck it, he'll do rather than cancel the holiday"?

If she specifically asked him as opposed to any of her other friends... Hmm. Don't think there's anything dodgy in it, it just smacks a bit of "poor me, I need a man on this trip"

I trust DH and my BF. Also I know there's no vibes between them so yes.

I just read this and was a bit

Once when my DC were small we were due to go away for a long weekend but he had to work, so I took the DC, my best mate and her DP (would have just taken my best mate, but neither she nor I could drive, we needed her DP's car!). Would never have occurred to me just to go with him - even though I've known him since before they were a couple.

The sleeping arrangements thing seemed a bit odd too, I know my DC wouldn't be too thrilled having to share a bedroom with one of my friends, even if they were male. Why couldn't he just sleep on the sofa? Or why didn't she take them both?

I would mind...in a, why would you ask him instead of me? Way.

I would mind , because my exh went on holiday with my cousin before we split up , who made a point of telling me that my then husband was her best friend and she should come first, which I ignored but he came back from the holiday apologetic as they had got drunk and slept together.
So if any boyfriend wants to go on holiday with my female friends/relations that's fine but he would not be coming home to me

And no I couldn't imagine more boring than going on holiday without my own dh and kids - well, in a million years I wouldn't want to go on holiday with any of my DH's friends but a holiday on my own would be bliss .

I would 'allow' my DH to go on holiday with my best friend - but neither of them would want to as they are totally different sort of people.

Agree with Thurlow's comment, why do you need a man on holiday?

I would ask one of my friends but not their partner without them - unless the partner was equally my friend as much as the friend whose partner i was asking.

I'd let DH go on holiday with my best friend but my best friend is a man and knowing the pair of them the entire holiday would be spent drinking beer and discussing geeky things like games workshop and Lord of the Rings.

I'd let him go on holiday with my closest female friend too but he can't stand her and would probably beg me not to make him go.

Totally off subject but It just seems like a stealth advertisement for his new west end show

I wouldn't want DH to go on holiday with my friend if she looked like Mariella! And, on another more mundane note, I wouldn't want him using up his holiday allowance on someone else but I suppose these showbiz types don't worry about that sort of thing.

That it no doubt is, scarlet!

I'd let my DP go on holiday with my BF. It wouldn't even cross my mind to have any suspicious or doubts or worries about what they'd get up.

But the simple question, why would they want to, would baffle me.