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Both my kids are sick. Both have colds. My eldest has a recurrence of pinworm that didn't show it's head until 11pm last night and ultimately resulted in me sleeping (badly) on her floor. Then, as we finally pull away from the hovel of disease that is our house, my drivers side front coil spring snaps and hey presto, we no longer have a drivable car.

So, what's your worst holiday experience?

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[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Our first family holiday to Wales.

  • Didn’t realise the drive would take 6 hours
  • Oldest kid is somewhat on the spectrum, we stupidly didn’t talk about it before we left
  • Kid decided he didn’t like it the moment we pull up to sign in and wanted to go home
  • We tried to stick it out but he just complained about everything
  • 2 days in youngest kid starts doing the same
  • The wife starts feeling sick too, turns out eldest was actually sick from nursery
  • Wife gets sicker than she’s ever been, can’t get out of bed
  • Everything is horribly expensive (it was some knock off center parcs thing) which we didn’t really budget for
  • It rains the whole time
  • Everyone is in bed the most of the days, have maybe 1 nice afternoon
  • No one sleeps through the night, spend most of the time lying on the floor hard floor
  • Decide to come home after 4 days even though we paid for 7

Massive waste of time, money and energy, going somewhere shorter and cheaper next time!

[–] Cameleopard@mastodonapp.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@_pete_ @Oneeightnine

Our 2 year old grandkid was very upset on her first trip to Wales to discover that there were actually no whales there at all.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

When we went to Wales when I was 8, the pet hamster we'd inexplicably brought with us escaped and then in an unrelated incident my mam set fire to the holiday cottage. What is it with Wales?!

[–] Oneeightnine 3 points 1 year ago

I made the mistake of showing my eldest the Welsh flag. Now she thinks it's Westeros before the reign of the Old King. Dragons everywhere.