Are we Hubbies a bit selfish on our Camping, Holiday, Excursions?

Both!....and goodluck for the future.

Axle.

Lol Dennis, You maybe right! but also a argument waiting to happen.


Cheers Axle

I should have added - I’m most happy with the cook - she does a brilliant job

I have to agree with Rob here.

I have just brought my wife a new caravan & Mitsubishi Triton to take on holiday.

All I got was a lousy fishing rod & I get to choose the destinations of our trips.

Life can be so unfair to us mere males.

That's my vote for post of the year!!!

ROFLMAO

Ross, you now have me seriously down in the dumps. I knew there was a problem with accumulated brownie points not being there when you needed them and never knew what happened to them, but i guess i was just too dump to realise the radio active phenonama.
Am I correct then that it isn't worth the effort to accumlate them in the first place.

Des Lexic
I used to have a large jar for storage of said points ie, "a banked amount", but now any I have been able to accrue are kept in a Eclipse Mint Tin.
It is easily held in the hand and since the contents disappear, the load of carrying a small amount of nothing much is the same as a large nothing.

Mostly, I find the tin to be empty so, similar to you I am left with the volatility but no points to use.
The creation of points is logarithmic, as soon as you start, the steepness of the effort slope increases at a rate faster than a human can possibly achieve.
If men were smarter they wouldn't try and make the effort in the first place as you already know.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's of to work we go. Dunno why.
No I'm not Grumpy, maybe Dopey.

Hi Chris,
I'm another female who is happy to be myself rather than the "conventional?" image that some men seem to hold. Like you, John and I have learned over the past 50 years to work as a team, and we have both gained tremendous satisfaction from our combined efforts. This includes everything to do with camping, from the initial planning, driving, navigation, setting up camp and all the rest. At other times its been building houses, fixing vehicles, running a small rural property through to cooking, housework and so on. And we passed those values onto our 3 sons.

I think (hope?) Axle's post was meant to be a bit "tongue in cheek" but sadly when travelling you do meet a fair few women who fit the picture Axle paints. I think though they are mostly travelling in caravans or motorhomes. Women who go camping (in tents and camper trailers)do seem to be rather more flexible/capable/aware. We have met young families on extended camping trips and they seem very happy with both parents sharing the business of living. Thank goodness for variety!

Cheers,

Val

I'm with you Chris, love the camping and 4wd. This last 12 months we have done 8 weeks around the NT and just got back from 3 weeks vic high country. My hubby does a lot of the cooking (though I say what we are having) and always makes the tea in the morning. Sometimes I have to work on him for a share of the driving, and he is the master of the reversing technique, but we share most of the camp chores very happily. I usually do all the navigating, and choose the route and destinations. He is probably more concerned about his comforts than I am, lol..

Cheers


Lisa

I have had partners that "loved camping"
.... until you actually go camping ... its the old bait asnd switch.
Sign up for one thing and get another

Great post Leanne,
Too many stereotypes in this world. My sister has the same issue with her hubby. She adores the bush but he likes his home comforts.
Chris

Spot on about the stereotypes, Chris. They poke their heads up here all too often.

Cheers,

Val

Chris, perhaps your sister and I should go on a trip together!

It is a dream of mine to take the kids on a trip around oz, but may have to trade the camper in on a caravan for that one to make life a bit easier.

Val, I totally agree about the stereotypes. Not all eggs fit into the same basket! It never ceases to amaze me the looks I get when towing the camper or the horse float and reversing them to park or to manoeuvre......it is as though females shouldn't know how to do that!

Leanne

And i thought stereotypes were the ones who fitted mono subs into their dual cab utes.

My old man showed how to cook, I showed all my kids how to cook.

You're missing out fella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!