Family HolidaysBack in the 80s when my Dad got made redundant (hello Dad!), he spent all the redundancy money on one of those big motor caravans.
Us kids loved it, apart from when my sister threw up on my sleeping bag, but looking back I'm not so sure my mum did. There was a certain tension every time the big van was even mentioned, let alone driven around France for weeks on end with her still having to cook and do all the washing.
What went wrong, what went right, and how did you survive the shame of having your family with you as a teenager?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Aug 2007, 14:33)
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boysreally are disgusting. my brother, who is now a respectably bald accountant, went to france on a school trip when he was 11.
in just his room of 4, one of them didn't wash his hair or shower all week. one of them shat himself. one of them didn't clean his teeth although he went to the extent of faking the noise in the bathroom to fool the teacher. why? they all bought condoms. again, why?
and my brother?
my mother, who had lovingly packed for him before he went, was utterly mortified at the post trip school slide show. as a picture of my brother gurning like a fool on top of the eiffel tower on the last day came up, the woman behind her hissed: "i wonder who that horrid little boy is? he's been in the same clothes all week..."
why are boys so dirty??
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Aug 2007, 14:40,
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