I wonder

Oneputt
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edited March 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Watching Boomers on catch up last night got me wondering, how many partners are there out in the wild blue yonder who are living a lie
Surprised about loving this wonderful passtime of ours for the sake of the other half?

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  • Pippah45
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    edited March 2016 #2

    From my observations as a people watcher - not all that many - most seem very much a team.  My ex and I were on the same page with it too surprisingly. 

  • mjh2014
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    edited March 2016 #3

    Like many later life converts, my OH is a full-on, proselytising caravan fan, completely renouncing his former ambivalence. I have no worries that he is hiding his true feelings, as now we combine walking and birdwatching with browsing in caravan showrooms,
    at his instigation, as our favourite weekend activities. (When we're not actually away in the 'van, that is Happy).

  • Wildwood
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    edited March 2016 #4

    As someone who is happy to sit in the caravan when it is in store I am not living a lie. Unless the other half is a better actress than I thought she loves the caravan too.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2016 #5

    Well I'm sure we're not. OH hates going home from a trip, but realises we have to because of appointments etc, but cannot wait to get away again within a couple of weeks. I'm sure that doing the number of nights away that we do there would be a lot of protesting if she didn't enjoy being in the van. Not slow in coming forward when things are not to her liking.Sealed

  • Aspenshaw
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    edited March 2016 #6

    I suspect we all do some things to please our OH rather for our own enjoyment.

    My OH wanted to start caravanning so we did. Then she got fed up of it after 5 years and wanted to try motorhoming. It became a race whether she or the dog were first in the motorhome.

    Over the last 20 years, to test the water, I have periodically suggested selling the motorhome and the answer is always a strident, "No." We enjoy motohoming for different reasons. Sometimes its clear to me she doesn't want to come because I want to go somewhere
    of specific interest to me; she still helps to pack and unpack the motorhome and I'm quite happy to go my own for a few days. She no longer goes away without me!

  • brue
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    edited March 2016 #7

    I've got old photos of both my Granny's on campsites in days of yore looking like their on a busman's holiday surrounded by blokes having a good time reliving their wartime/TA/naval/scouting etc expeditions! I think things equalled out somewhere in the distant
    past and everyone can hopefully enjoy their breaks in different ways.Happy

  • ggregu
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    edited March 2016 #8

    My OH makes no pretence of hating caravanning- so I just go without him! Sorted!

  • Firedragon
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    edited March 2016 #9

    We are united in our love of caravanning but divided when it comes to that other 'away' pastime - barbecuing !!! What is it about being in a caravan that makes some men think they are able cooks when they never do it at home !!! I hate black food and am
    quite happy to cook when away at least I can do it all in one place instead of having to hop inside & out all the time, juggling two very different cooking methods together with laying the table too.

    Alison

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #10

    Well, I agree with you FD.

    We both love being in the caravan, but I see little point in cooking on a primitive form of 'stove' with little control over temperature, when we have a perfectly good oven and hob (not to mention the microwave!) in the caravan.....

  • JayEss
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    edited March 2016 #11

    I love being in the caravan. OH is less keen than me but tolerates it

  • cody
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    edited March 2016 #12

    Happy to report FD that I'm an excellent cook, know what you meen though about the man thing and BBQ's 

    Ian you obviously do not know the sheer joy and pleasure of BBQing on charcoal.

  • moulesy
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    edited March 2016 #13

    We both love being in the caravan, including cooking, but can't remember the last time either of us used the barbecue! Happy

  • mjh2014
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    edited March 2016 #14

    Mr MJH is a master of the BBQ and I always enjoy eating his unburnt offerings. Outdoor cooking adds a whole new level of glamour to our caravanning. Happy

  • cody
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    edited March 2016 #15

    I'm away for two weeks on Saturday and will get at least ten bbq's in what can be better sitting out with a booze music on the smoke drifting up and into nextdoors awning  mmmmmm

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited March 2016 #16

    Well, I agree with you FD.

    We both love being in the caravan, but I see little point in cooking on a primitive form of 'stove' with little control over temperature, when we have a perfectly good oven and hob (not to mention the microwave!) in the caravan.....

    Us too.... what's wrong, I'm agreeing with you again Ian!Wink

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  • bandgirl
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    edited March 2016 #18

    We both enjoy caravanning. I thought the "Boomers" programme was rubbish.  I know it's supposed to be a comedy, but it just made fun of caravanners, implying that we're all boring old so & so's, or stupid, which is so often how we're portrayed on the telly,
    even in documentaries.  Thumbs down from me. 

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