To find the Corporate Dad in the Med look kinda attractive?

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You know the type - past the tiny kids era, so maybe 40 plus. Moans about choosing the holiday but once here's there he loves it.
wheels out a straw trilby that he thinks is beachy, crew clothing polo - collar popped , and patterned swim shorts (maybe featuring a lobster design)
slight paunch. Good legs.
Will be prevailed upon by his 12-year-old daughter to get an ill advised bracelet from the place they're in. Was given a leather one for 40th but can't remember where it went.
retires to the beach bar at 12 to check his work emails without the family seeing. Gets a beer as soon as is respectable

I love this guy. He's so predictable

Unfortunately 🙄😀

TBH I don't think I'm on holiday with 'Corporate Dad in the Med', evidently more a Gordon Gekko wannabe, except, he doesn't think "lunch is for whimps', in fact the culinary destinations are the best part of his holiday and sharing that excitement with his teens- teen boy gets on board with this, teen girl more interested in taking photos of sunsets!

Oh 100%. Sometimes wears a short sleeve shirt rather than a polo shirt. Battered deck shoes.

what’s the female equivalent in style? Floaty long slightly boho dress? Delicate sandals? Straw hat?

Thus proving that predictable and decent are two very separate concepts!

I wished Dh dressed like this but he wears his speedos which he bought when at uni 🙈😬😂

I definitely recognise this Corporate Dad but ten years on, I am now familiar with Burnt Out Corporate Dad who is in his 50s, grew a lumberjack beard and proudly wheeled out all his faded 80s and 90s band t-shirts. He is also allergic to tech devices much like an ex-smoker who catches a whiff of cigarette at a restaurant terrace.

Oh, I think I like this one much better

Last time I went to Rock in Cornwall all the men were pretty much indistinguishable from each other: Ray Bans or Aviators, coral shorts, Ralph t-shirts. Not a Croc in sight, obvs

When they’re out for a few work drinks or after golf and end up bopping up and down in front of a live band in their chinos and gilets. Dads Dads Dads that might once have been Lads Lads Lads.

I wish the laugh reaction still existed.

Oh yea that’s the female version. Floaty boho dress, perfect tan with no weird lines, swinwear from a small designer, expensive sandals, a large straw hat or jaunty straw trilby, chic holiday handbag, some sort of on-trend tote for day, clutch with a strap for night, possibly raffia. Hair that looks like they’re fresh from a blow dry, perfect make up.

Meanwhile I am denim shorts, adidas sliders and the least creased t-shirt from the suitcase. A tummy control swimsuit I bought 8 years ago from Next or M&S. Hair wild and either salt and chlorine ridden or frizzy. Maybe a baseball cap (DHs) to disguise the latter. Carrier bag from Mercadona for the beach paraphenalia. Nighttime much the same but a white dress I bought hoping to look like the corporate wives but given my tan-resistant skin makes me look like a pink-tinged ghost, slightly wet hair as I was having too much of a nice time drinking Fanta Limon in a towel to dry it properly. Start with an attempt at minimal glowy make-up, which sweats off before we’ve reached the restaurant.

i feel so seen

Lolol

I think it's the hat. Either sex. It's quite annoying.

I’m going away tomorrow on holiday, I have bought a hat 👒

By which description though 😉

Toms! Or rather a pair of worn Toms that have been kept for these holidays…