Oh, the shame (unExtreme Dad)

I was going to pretend that this didn't happen, but while, through years of practice, I can lie to my wife with the greatest of skill and ease, I just can't lie to you lot.

The truth is, we abandoned our holiday after 10 days.  While fun for the first week, it was, well, just too much effort.  It had turned from a holiday into just temporary change of scenery, and the house we were staying in quickly changed from rustic to basic to unbearably hot and dirty.  We realised that while we could easily cope without the creature comforts we've come to rely on to make raising two toddlers that little bit easier, we just didn't want to.  So we changed our flight and came home a week early.  Pathetic.

The shame of it is that we love adventure travel and we, well I, believed we could take the little monsters almost anywhere.  I had grand visions of climbing K2 with Max before his 3rd birthday.  And of trekking across Alaska with Tom before he turns two.  Now I know that's just not going to happen.  Until at least their 5th birthdays...         

Comments

[Kailani]

Thank you for sharing this honest story with the carnival. Don't worry, you're still an Extreme Dad. No shame in coming home early if you weren't having fun. Isn't that the whole point of having a holiday?

[Extreme Dad]

Thanks Kailani, makes me feel better!