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They say you don't truly know a person until you have travelled with them... What did you learn?

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piddocktrumperiness · 29/06/2022 07:45

My Ex complained a lot and kept comparing places to 'back home'- he didn't quite embrace new foods and stuck to cheese and tomato pizza, and got easily frustrated with service staff if he didn't understand them and if they could not understand his broken English 😂

What irked you, put you off or did you discover for the first time about your partner when you first travelled with them? Good or bad.

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DuesToTheDirt · 30/06/2022 10:54

He didn’t want to eat out anywhere as he saw it as a waste of money so we spent most of the week eating pasta and sauces in the hotel room (self catering).

My DH isn't as bad as that, but he's not fussed about eating out. To be fair, being vegetarian often means we don't find inspiring things in restaurants anyway - macaroni cheese for a total bill of £70 for 4? No thanks. But we went to Barcelona a few years ago and stayed in a flat with a few veggie restaurants in walking distance. On arrival mid-evening, discussing eating plans, DH says "We could just go to the supermarket and get pasta and cook it at the flat" Confused I refused and we went to an Indian place so good that we went back again a few days later, something I almost never want to do.

I often think of his "We could just get pasta."!

EsmeGythaMagrat · 30/06/2022 17:07

That he an excellent tourist. He loves planning it, he loves the travelling and when we get there he will have researched places to visit and see. He can’t relax mind, he could never do a beach or resort holiday (he often says ‘Why spend all that money to travel somewhere and then not go and see it’). Sometimes I come back more exhausted than when I went but I wouldn’t swap him for anything, he’s a diamond.

Afterfire · 30/06/2022 17:56

DuesToTheDirt · 30/06/2022 10:54

He didn’t want to eat out anywhere as he saw it as a waste of money so we spent most of the week eating pasta and sauces in the hotel room (self catering).

My DH isn't as bad as that, but he's not fussed about eating out. To be fair, being vegetarian often means we don't find inspiring things in restaurants anyway - macaroni cheese for a total bill of £70 for 4? No thanks. But we went to Barcelona a few years ago and stayed in a flat with a few veggie restaurants in walking distance. On arrival mid-evening, discussing eating plans, DH says "We could just go to the supermarket and get pasta and cook it at the flat" Confused I refused and we went to an Indian place so good that we went back again a few days later, something I almost never want to do.

I often think of his "We could just get pasta."!

Ah the pasta men 😆😆

EddyReadyGo · 30/06/2022 19:04

Actually I knew that DH was the one after we went on holiday together.
amazing sense of direction, loved local food, loved sitting in a beach bar and drinking. Loved staying in the hotel room and having sex. Loved finding local gems.
I suggest it as a test for someone you want to marry - do you like doing the same things on holiday.

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