Anybody else on holiday with a miserable bastard husband?

[Nettletheelf]

I seem to have found myself on holiday with Victor Meldrew. Tell me that I'm not the only one.

On a hot Mediterranean island suggested by DH. We return to the UK tomorrow, after a week's holiday. Just him and me: DSD and DSS are too old to go on holiday with us.

I'm 45, he's 52. Both very fit and healthy. Happily married, except on this holiday, when I have been tempted to murder him!

His complaints during the week have included the following:

1. Too hot. We're in the fecking mediterranean in August. Of course it's sodding hot.

1a. Too hot to sleep well, thus making him "a bit grumpy".

1. Beach too sandy (I HAVE NOT MADE THIS UP). Sand too fine and gets stuck to things, causing dismay.

1. Beach, specifically sand, too hot to walk on.

1. Has been "too full" to properly enjoy dinners at range of lovely restaurants.

1. Claimed to be 'delirious with the heat' today after leaving air conditioned coach for two hours in historic town.

1. We went on an organised long walk through an area of outstanding natural beauty, just up his street, I thought. He was disappointed in it. The gorge was "too stony".

1. Following gorge walk, his legs were "a bit sore" when descending stairs.

1. Foreign chocolate not up to UK standards.

1. World heritage site "a bit boring" and "just a load of stones".

10. Doesn't like "being told things by people" i.e. tour guide with expert knowledge of ruins.

Etc etc. I'll spare you the rest.

Is this inevitable? Do they all turn into whinging bastards? We know loads of them, and I always thought DH compared well. He doesn't!

It's enough to put me off going on holiday with him again.

Do I need to put LIGHT HEARTED, LIGHT HEARTED to prevent people telling me that my marriage is over and I should leave him? I have, just in case.

Tell me that I'm not the only one!!

I think Murpher was on to something. I asked mardy arse (DH) this evening to describe his ideal holiday, now that we're home.

It was this:

• Temperatures of 23 C to 25 C during the day, no more than 18C at night.

• No flying or long journeys

• Riding his bike all day, every day.

• Eating when he feels like it, i.e. holidaying with a companion who doesn't mind when he spontaneously decides that dinner won't be happening that night.

• Snacks meeting his exacting specifications.

• Early to bed (ideally 9.30 pm).

• Not having to pack, because it makes him "stressed".

I wished him luck with making that happen!

Also had a great laugh at the device about sponging grumpy husbands down hourly and singing soothing lullabies when it's too hot to sleep. That might have worked on my DH actually. And HAHAHAHAHA at the poster's mum who complained that there was no lift on the Spanish steps!!

ADVICE, not DEVICE. Although a device to tend to the grumpy overheated bastard would be a boon!

Great thread!
I can identify with many of these. We now have an arrangement whereby every couple of days I pack him off on his bike for a day. Bliss!

Does he have a crack in his ass? If so and you still have the receipt you can return him. Did you at any point scream, "stop fecking moaning like a two year old!"?

DH on holiday...
Too hot
Too sandy
Too hot
Tired
Too hot
Too salty (sea)
Too hot
Hate queues
Hate packing
Too hot
Too many people
Too many kids
Too hot
Argh!

Faith77

please tell me he's going to pay his fair share after you forking out??!

DH stays at home.

BUT he then chooses to take the same week off as we have for the holiday to 'do some jobs'. And picks some grand plan for while we are away.

Grand job must not be discussed during our once a day 'How are you? Yes we are fine.' phone calls. I think he likes to surprise us.

Last year it was painting the wood in the hall/stairs and landing and doing other odd jobs round the house. This year he has fenced in the garden and started foundations for the summer house he's wanted for years.

THEN he complains at the end that we've had a holiday, but that he's been BUSY the whole time and hasn't had a break.

Idiot.

Lol! My husband is already grumpy as sin at 40 on any holiday (mainly because he's spending money)so god only knows what he will be like in 10 years! Get some beer down him to cheer him up maybe?!

My DH generally isn't too bad on holiday, though he is prone to packing far too much, including coats and jumpers for an August holiday in the Mediterranean.

He does like sandy beaches, but wants to be able to lay his beach towel out and lie on it without getting sand in it.

We have a six month old and a spirited 3 year old.

We go on holiday next week. With DH's family.

DH found a big stick in the garden last week that he plans to whittle into a walking stick at night while we 'chill'. He's also put books in his suitcase to read.

I've told Abraham aka DH that he hasn't a chance in hell of whittling or reading fuck all. What planet does he think we live on?

DH likes to explore when we are holiday , this means leaving me with the children while he wanders off for an unspecified period of time , because he gets bored if he has to sit on the beach . Apparently I don't

He also moans about the weather if it isn't at least 28 with not a cloud in the sky for the whole fortnight spent holidaying in the UK . Moans every day at about 8.30am when he see's the weather forecast and realises it isn't going to 28 and cloudless and if by the grace of God we do actually get such a day, moans that a cloudless sky is boring when taking photographs.

I am screeching at this in work, I'm 26 and DP is 28 .. we've been on lots of get aways together over the last 7 years but have not ventured abroad - this is why. I know he would be exactly like this, he too has said the 'too sandy' comment here in N. Ireland I just can't understand it!!! We are talking about visiting a friend in Abu Dhabi in Feb - If we do, keep your eyes peeled for a similar probably much more irate post!

I packed my suitcase on the day before we were meant to leave as DH and eldest (6) DS we're arguing all week and I had enough. I told DS me and him were going home and leaving DH with other 2. He told DS off for upsetting me so I gave DH what for too and called him a grumpy bastard and I've had enough of him too! They decided to try and get on and has been much. Enter this week 😀

Mine's grumpy all the time, more so on hol. He would be happy if we went and he stayed home. we can never do more than a week and he convulses if the hol goes over 1k (even though we can afford it and only have one hol a year).

We are away now and I can see him mentally counting down days til we go home tomorrow. Then we will get a day of happy.

We had an option to go with my family, who are fun, but he didnt want to. Must plan differently for next year.

@Middleoftheroad mine is in a constant low level sulk even at home too so I know what you mean. Why am I surprised that turning up the heat on his northern bones would make it better 😆 he's also a bit overweight which is my fault because he wasn't this big before we met and he cooked for himself 😆

AJ I feel your pain. Holidays only magnify the misery, plus there's no escape route!

Reading this thread reminds me why I vowed never to go on holiday with my DH again after the last time. We are both so much happier just pottering around the house during holiday periods and if I want to go away, I go with my friend and we always have a lovely time.

I know it's different when you have young kids

How can some of you live like this?

Seriously. Sounds bloody awful!

Holidayhooray

I know. I read it and think exactly the same. Part of the point of a relationship is to experience things with someone IMO. Why would you stay with these people?

OP I bet you feel better now reading these

I have one of these and we don't even do holidays. In fact I have 3 boys and a OH that moan about everything constantly. It's driving me insane. I think I might leave home. OH wouldn't go abroad as he won't go on a plane. But he'd moan about heat. So if he did holiday he wouldn't go somewhere hot. He hates the sun yet has lovely skin that turns brown. I'm very white but quite like the sun. He thinks if we drive through the next county the we fall off Earth (not seriously) but he won't go any further! Ha ha.

Yes, I do feel better for reading these! Great contributions. I am sniggering at the stick whittler. Perhaps he plans to do it whilst everybody else looks after the children.

We know a couple a bit like that. They have four boisterous children. The husband bought a banjo (!!) to take on holiday, meaning that they had to buy a roof box for the car to accommodate the sodding thing. He spent every evening, whilst his poor wife was making dinner and attending to the children, sitting outside their gite teaching himself how to play the fecking thing. Then complained that the children were too loud and disturbing his concentration!