You're on holiday, do you want to know what's going on......
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...... at home?
You've saved hard, need a rest, relax, recharge and you're miles away on your holiday whilst at home:
The pet gets ill or dies, or
Ditto parents
Kids
Grandparents
Other family members
House burns down/gets broken into.
Car gets stolen.
Any of the above - hopefully not all!
Would you want to know? After all, there's bugger all you can do about it.
I wouldn't, i'd deal with it better when i've had a rest anyhow
You've saved hard, need a rest, relax, recharge and you're miles away on your holiday whilst at home:
The pet gets ill or dies, or
Ditto parents
Kids
Grandparents
Other family members
House burns down/gets broken into.
Car gets stolen.
Any of the above - hopefully not all!
Would you want to know? After all, there's bugger all you can do about it.
I wouldn't, i'd deal with it better when i've had a rest anyhow
king Facebook, you will soon find out.227bhp said:
The pet gets ill or dies, or
Ditto parents
Kids
Grandparents
Other family members
House burns down/gets broken into.
Car gets stolen.
Any of the above - hopefully not all!
Would you want to know? After all, there's bugger all you can do about it.
I wouldn't, i'd deal with it better when i've had a rest anyhow
Grandparents - er, yes...Ditto parents
Kids
Grandparents
Other family members
House burns down/gets broken into.
Car gets stolen.
Any of the above - hopefully not all!
Would you want to know? After all, there's bugger all you can do about it.
I wouldn't, i'd deal with it better when i've had a rest anyhow
Parents - er, yes...
Kids - er, yes...
Are you a sociopath? You'd rather be on holiday than return to support family / your child has died? Genuinely, WTF?
Material stuff (house broken into, car stolen - meh, can wait until I get back providing house is secured)
Frankly I can't really do ''relaxing' for me it's just code for being bored so if the next door neighbours get a new puppy whilst I'm on holiday with my family - I'll be in the loop before breakfast.
My holiday with my mates though... I'll be up a mountain somewhere on my bike, I check in with home 3 times a day, if one if my kids falls ill (colds notwithstanding) I'll be heading home ASAP.
My holiday with my mates though... I'll be up a mountain somewhere on my bike, I check in with home 3 times a day, if one if my kids falls ill (colds notwithstanding) I'll be heading home ASAP.
Stuff - no, can't do anything about it, if broken windows are boarded up etc, then I'll be more happy too.
People - yes. This actually happened to me, on the last day of my honeymoon (I was alone as wife left early to go do some pointless training course) I got a call from my mum in my hotel at 2am local time to say my Grandma had died. At least the day after I was flying back to see my wife (not in the UK), and had a few hours to think things through and book another flight to visit my parents. It was pretty crap finishing flying back at the end my honeymoon on my own knowing I wouldn't see my Grandma again!
People - yes. This actually happened to me, on the last day of my honeymoon (I was alone as wife left early to go do some pointless training course) I got a call from my mum in my hotel at 2am local time to say my Grandma had died. At least the day after I was flying back to see my wife (not in the UK), and had a few hours to think things through and book another flight to visit my parents. It was pretty crap finishing flying back at the end my honeymoon on my own knowing I wouldn't see my Grandma again!
I have elderly grandparents now, and as a family we have a rule that if anything happens whilst anyone is on holiday we don't tell them as there is nothing they will be able to do (said Grandparents are 5,000 miles away)......
My parents check in with me while on holiday and have bent the truth somewhat from time to time like when both grandparents were in hospital and when I was on holiday this year my Grandad was given 6 hours to live (some 5 months on and he's still happily around.....
Other things like houses, cars, etc I don't think I'd be too bothered about as someone would be helping to sort it out and there would be little I could do - if it was something where someone needed info, then I think I'd be happy for them to get in touch....
My parents check in with me while on holiday and have bent the truth somewhat from time to time like when both grandparents were in hospital and when I was on holiday this year my Grandad was given 6 hours to live (some 5 months on and he's still happily around.....
Other things like houses, cars, etc I don't think I'd be too bothered about as someone would be helping to sort it out and there would be little I could do - if it was something where someone needed info, then I think I'd be happy for them to get in touch....
In the days before mobile phones, Facebook etc. I was on a camping holiday in the highlands of Scotland and whilst wandering past a hunting lodge or some such place wondered why they were flying their flag at half mast.
Only when I ventured into a shop a day or so later did I see a newspaper with the headlines about Princess Diana's untimely death. My only concern after that was the funeral was the day I was driving home and I wasn't sure how many petrol stations would be open
So yeah, anything could have happened and it would have been several days before I'd have found out about it. Obviously now days I can be contacted on the other side of the planet.
Only when I ventured into a shop a day or so later did I see a newspaper with the headlines about Princess Diana's untimely death. My only concern after that was the funeral was the day I was driving home and I wasn't sure how many petrol stations would be open
So yeah, anything could have happened and it would have been several days before I'd have found out about it. Obviously now days I can be contacted on the other side of the planet.
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