Hubby (driver) and bil dropped off sis (Helen T) and I outside departures whilst they went to park the car. We wheeled in the cases and Helen told her OH not to forget to bring his flightbag (he's hard of hearing). Off we went to the front of the check-in desk (hadn't opened yet), chatting excitedly. When the men got back she asked her hubby to hand me their passports and tickets so the four of us could check-in together. He thought she was setting him up so he laughed and said that she had the bag
(he kept looking behind her to see if she was hiding it. Once he realised she wasn't joking, his face was a picture 
Anyway, it turns out that he thought she'd brought it from home and vice versa. I can tell you it wasn't very funny at the time as we'd driven almost an hour and a half to get to the airport. The men were going to have to dash all the way back home and just hope that they'd make it back before check-in closed. To cut a long story short, they phoned their daughter who luckily was at home and had a spare key. She met them half way and they arrived back with time to spare. The thing is as soon as we picked them up from home, I asked sis who was seated in the back with me, if she had the passports and tickets and she said yes, they're in hubby's flight bag. Her hubby, sitting in the front and being hard of hearing didn't hear this.He says he's going to sleep with the flight bag around his neck the night before we go to Gatwick in August as that's a 4 hour plus journey away
...and sis has always said how stupid can people be, forgetting their passport at home. Now she knows Any funny (or not so funny) stories.
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(I have walking difficulties) when being dropped off at the airport by my daughter in law who was in a hurry to get back before the M25 became a car park. I ended up paying a small fortune for a stick in Italy. Now I collapse it and stick it to the side of the packed case with masking tape. 
Vicjayhay, I also can't relax immediately after check-in as with all the excitement I'm worried I've put them somewhere different and won't be able to find them 
Apart from Helen T's hubby of course. You wait till I tell him 
It's true though, as long as you have those three things everything will be okay - as long as you have tickets and passports you can still have your holiday, and as long as you have money/cards you can buy anything else you've forgotten!
Glad it is not just me.
