it's just that the alternative is going with a big gang of girls
and some of them bicker and it's exhausting and-

gah, i know i am totally going to end up on the girly holiday, i just had this sophisticated image of myself actually chilling out round the pool and getting some early nights with a load of new books.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:25, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Do girly holidays mean pampering, or is it a 'screeching harridan' hen night mentality?
If it's the latter, please god don't.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:29, Reply)

Hah
rachelswipe in a nurse's costume with an L plate on the front, a tinsel halo and a fairy wand.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:31, Reply)

Read first 5 words - Woo hoo!
Read the rest of the sentence - Shit.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)

it usually means the following:
months and months of "what are you going to pack" and "can i borrow your gold sandals" and "do i need ten bikinis" and "if you take your straighteners, i'll bring my travel iron".

half the group getting leathered at the airport before we've even checked in.

someone forgetting their passport. someone else hating the accommodation/their roommate/crying because their boyfriend is on a stag do and might cheat on them despite the fact that they fucked the barman the night before in a moment of pre-holiday madness.

7 or 14 days of gossiping and drinking and hangovers and lying around the pool eating too much. and yeah, a certain amount of massages/manicures. but in general mostly the drinking and the gossiping.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)

Go for the holiday alone
depending on how long it is
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:38, Reply)

would be a week i think
i have a few oxford sessions, a week in the new cornwall cottage, a week in madeira/somewhere in europe on my dad's holiday bond thing, a hen weekend, my brother's wedding long weekend and the usual family christmas trip, and i only get 30 days holiday a year, so.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:45, Reply)

It might be a nice idea
to get some time to yourself then
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:51, Reply)

I've been on nights out with a group of girls
Some of stuff you have to listen to makes you want to rip your hair out. I can't imagine anything worse than a couple of weeks of that non-stop :S
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:40, Reply)

That sounds like hell.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:42, Reply)

My thoughts exactly
Then again, so do 'Lads holidays'
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:45, Reply)

I did my fair share of those in my youth.
How none of us died from alcohol poisoning is still a mystery.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:48, Reply)

I hate the idea
I'll happily drink, but I'd much rather relax with a nice cold beer by the pool, than throwing them down my neck.

In Lanzarote, we did drink a lot, but it was always chilled out (except for 2 nights), and so it was relaxing, and wonderful. Although one afternoon we found a beer called Reina, which I'd had to drink, and that was quite strong, so it led to me having a considerably drunker afternoon than I'd intended.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:52, Reply)