tomitma, if i make him wear something "nice " he says he is uncomfortable ,we are usually back by 10. so i just go with the flow now and let him wear what he wants. i dont look at him.

Eastender I reacon we are married to twins, its bad enough that he wants to go out for a meal, wearing his swimming shorts because he swears they are clean, as he has been swimming in them all day, but the 1 and only time we went on a cruise ship, I was tearing my hair out, never, ever, again, in fact after the first day on the ship I wanted to get off, he couldn't understand why he couldn't wear his shorts and tea shirt for the evening meal, and there were people swanning all around us with evening dresses, tuxedos. (Oh the shame ) He eventually agreed to put a pair of trousers on, but we were stopped at the door, because he was innapropiatly dressed, we spent the rest of the cruise eating at the snack bars, because he refused to wear a tie, according to him, he wore enough ties in the army, and no one is telling him what to wear especially when he has paid all this money out.

When I do get him to dress tidily he will sit there all night scratching because the labels itch, he turns the bottom of the shorts up, swears they are too long, and has the cheek to sit there all night discussing how all the other tourists are dressed. He wants to be in the restuarant at 6.30pm and home by 8.30 to see what is on tele, minding that he cant speak the language and sits there all night flicking the channels looking for an english programme

I have finally realised that he dosent like holidays, thats why I am going on my own this time, trouble is what can you do, love them or hate them, they are the person you married, only it took a few years for mine to show his scruffy side, when I think back to how smart he used to be. Men become too complacent.
I have just found another two dresses hung up behind the bedroom door,

Men become too complacent

Not all of us. I don't wear my swim shorts on an evening, mainly 'cos there is nowhere for my wallet etc.
But I do have one pair of "going out" shorts to vary my appearance.
I find that over a month my favourite tee shirt becomes more and more "interseting".

But women!!!!!!!!!
Every time we go out shopping SWMBO sees something that "will be nice for India".
She could now wear a clean top every day for a year with the stuff she has bought.
The charity shops near us put out the red carpet for her when she goes to deliver.

DO NOT MENTION SHOES.
Incidentally, last year my new tee shirt caused lots of comments......dayglo pink, at least the taxi drivers could see me at night!

the sandals my o/h go out in are the ones he goes in the water in,they are usually wet but he says they are"comfortabe"

My hubby wears his crocs everywhere. On the beach etc then of an evening he's off out the door in them again even though they are dusty from walking around during the day.

No wonder he can pack in 10 mins. Few pairs of underwear, couple of pairs of socks, 3 shorts/Tshirts, soap bag, towel and he's ready. He washes said underwear out in the shower then dangles them from the towel hook in the bathroom to dry. I put a stop to him leaving them on the patio table to dry in the sun.

Oh Glynis that made me laugh, and I couldnt tell my husband what I was laughing about because he would have known that I had been talking about his man habits again, I don't know where they get there ideas from, they seem to change as they get older, mine hasent worn crocs, I wish he would wear something different to his jesus sandles and minging socks though,

As for his underwear it is left to me to sort out, so when I want to wash my feet ( which is all the time in goa) I get a bucket, full of warm soapy water, shove HIS stuff in there and pretend I am treading grapes, it gives me a great deal of satisfaction, knowing my feet are getting cleaner with the help of his underwear, I couldn't take his to the laundry, I'd be too embarassed

My you women are a fussy lot.
Whats wrong with crocs all day and night?
They are cool and fresh and you can wear them AND your underpants in the shower to get both clean at the same time.
And if you keep the pants on they dry in no time standing on the balcony.
if they don't dry before going out, slip on swim shorts over them and everyone assumes you have come straight from the beach when they see the wet patch on your bum.

Oh my you lot have cheered me up no end i couldnt stop laughing i could just picture image all you've wrote about would love to be a fly on your walls when out there in GOA.

my wife was compaining about my size!
You have got fat, you're twice the size you were when we married, she said.
I told her to have a look at the marriage certifcate.
Sure enough, at the bottom it said

BOGOF !!!

Oh you wouldnt sleep_r_us, we would drive you barmy, this is us in a restuarant,

Tom will you stop scratching please,
I cant help it, its the bl**dy labels in this shirt, (as he is twisting around trying to pull the label out,)
I don't know why you made me wear this thing, my other shirt was all right, it would have lasted until tomorrow,
Oh for gods sake Tom, we are on holiday,
Well I dont call this a holiday, not when I have got to dress up to get some food, look theres no one in this restuarant, so it wouldn't have mattered, we could have got some food off the stall up the road and took it home, on our way home from the beach. Why you took two bloody hours to get ready I dont know, theres no one here, and as soon as we finished this grub we will be off home.

Tom its only 6.30 people don't go out until about 8pm,
Yeah well we will be home before 8pm theres a programme I want to watch.
Tom its in Hindu you dont understand it, you have watched it 3 times already,
Yeah well you start picking up the language after a while, and if you watch what they are doing you can understand the programme,
Tom I didn't come on holiday to be in bed by 8pm,
Well you can sit on the balcony while I watch it,
Tom stop figiting, and staring at the other people,
Well I was just looking at what that womans wearing, she dont half look a sight, I wouldn't let you walk around like that.
Tom why have you got those bloody socks on again,
Well these are my comfy ones, the other ones are too white,
Tom you are not sopossed to wear socks with those sandles they look stupid,
Well I dont tell you you look stupid when you are wearing those bloody sandles,
My sandles dont look stupid,
Oh they do Gayle what do you want to wear a decent pair of shoes in this dust for, you keep on moaning how dirty your feet are, you are spoiling them shoes,

By this time I am wishing the ground would open, as I sit there hissing to him under my breath, and smiling at the waiters pretending every thing is great, and we still haven't even given the order for the food. Hoping that he is not going to order spare ribs because I know that half the sauce is going to end up over his shirt, and if I comment on the sauce on his shirt, his retort will be, well I didnt like the bloody shirt anyway.

This is normal, and people have wondered why I am going on holiday on my own.

I have just read this and it has made me howl with laughter - I don't have blokey issues as I am single but the habits of chaps wearing swimmies all day, so they are 'clean' has made me chuckle and Glynis your hubby and his pants hanging out

oh tomitma you had better stop now, i am going to a solicitor tommorow and tell them he has got another wife, she might be in wales !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Del there's no way I'd let hubby stand on the balcony in his wet kecks waiting for them to dry!! Can you imagine the people below when the drips plop on their patio? They'd be thinking he was stood up there weeing himself

Tomitma, my hubby 'wears' his food as well (I can't believe I'm saying all this good job he's away working and can't peer over my shoulder ) Not only that but he smokes roll ups so invariably has mountains of loose baccy down his top, on his shorts and probably leaves a trail behind us as we walk.

(Oh yes he snores too - on sunbeds - humongous intakes of breath before he releases his impersonation of a Blow Whale)

Oh Glynis don't even start me on the roll ups, luckily hubby has stopped smoking but I will never for get the constant rolling of the things, hubby dosent carry a wallet, or the tobacco, everything ends up in my handbag, thats all I was getting was pass the baccy love, I used to feel embarrassed taking tobacco pouches, and rizlas out of my handbag, and now matter what shirts I got him, they always ended up with tiny holes all over the front of the shirts, and shorts. plus the food, and then he has the cheek to critisise how other people are dressed. With a roll up stuck out of the side of his mouth, it was always there.

Tomitma i bet your O/H's ear's have been burning bless the bloke i say dont think i could cope with his ways but there again he would'nt cope with me i don't go out till about 8.30 and get back lateish he'd probabaly have watched 4 films by the time we got back.Anyway i'll be off tomorrow i hope you have a brill time well i am certain you will with out all that hassle and you never know we might meet up i'll be looking for a woman with a big big smile that says I.M FREE..

Oh thanks sleep-r-us, I cant wait for tomorrow when I get on that trin, at the moment, I am still thinking should I put that in the case, should I take that out, but when I get on that train I can relax, I am really looking forward to the next month, but I am trying not to show it that much, as hubby will be thinking I cant wait to get away from him. And I dont want to give him that impression I have even had my Mum on the phone this morning, telling me how worried she is, because of all the things she has read in the newspapers, I am 56, and I told her I have got insurance but I am still her baby she says

If you are at any of the meets You will see me there, have a good journey, I am only 24 hours behindd.

Although I'm finding this topic funny I must be one of the few on here with a totally opposite system when packing my suitcase.

After years of travelling on my own and lugging my case around I've learned to travel light. I make a list out a couple of weeks before my journey and depending on where I'm going then the list will reflect my needs. I then check to see that the clothes are all OK.
The day before I sort out my toiletries and get the case up from the cellar.
The night before or the morning of my journey I put my clothes on the guest bed and will take all of 15minutes to pack in the smallest suitcase that I can fit them in to. Once the case is packed that's it no changing my mind.
On the rare occasions that my OH accompanies me on holiday, then I do pack his clothes but only the ones that he puts on the bed. If he can't sort his clothes out and decide what to take then tough...he's an adult and I certainly didn't sign on to be his dresser.

Have a great time sleeps and tomitma - looking forward to hearing about your adventures