Would you share your toothbrush, that is the question.
We’ve just been on a half-term getaway for a few days, booked very last minute, as in the day before, not too far away from where we live in fact, so ALL we had to do was pack up the car and vamoose! Taking advantage of having The Mr home during the boys school break was a chance to get some family time together.
So, as Mummies do in these circumstances, I packed for all of the boys enough appropriate clothing for a multitude of weather scenarios, i packed for myself, including some little tealight candles and bubble bath (ever the optimist that I am) and a few bits for The Mr (swim shorts, pants, socks), Instructing him to pack what he needed in terms of clothing and toiletries, I shopped to stock up on some lovely yummy food and beverage treats, as we were going self catering, I packed the family games we enjoy playing, colouring pads and crayons, charged up their gaming devices and packed the chargers, remembered the calpol, took toilet roll, kitchen roll, bleach and multi surface cleanser (must do some cleaning on arrival in these kind of places), teatowels and dishclothes, I packed all the favourite bedtime bears, and remembered our pjs and foxy bedtime socks (its a family tradition of ours), our wellie boots (it’s February and its been flooded in the UK), we took fishing rods, we took my sons golf clubs…….. We were fully loaded, no space to spare in our boot ! I had arranged for my very kind and lovely neighbour to come in and feed our little pets, we were ready to rock!
Off we set, no traumas, no delays, we found our destination, we checked in, we unloaded our car, and while the boys explored our new surroundings, I unpacked all of our swag and found homes for everything. Hoorah!! Happy days. The only fly in the ointment occurred that evening, when it came to teeth cleaning. It turns out I had packed an incorrect toothbrush for my son (they have a few at home, I’d selected the wrong one, how rude of me !) but we smoothed it out and all was fine, then The Mr comes out of the bathroom asking where his toothbrush is, I explain I didn’t pack it, as he was notified to pack his clothes and his toiletries, oh. Oh. He asks ‘Is it ok to use yours then?!’ …….
Uuuuffffff. Dilemma. Allowing my toothbrush to enter someone else’s mouth, nooooooooo! I love you I do I do I do , but my toothbrush?!!!!!!! That’s just not the done thing. Toothbrushes are sacred. I mean it’s sooooo unfair, I had remembered so many things to bring with us, how come I get the bum deal of toothbrush sharing ? Where is the fairness in that I ask ?!! I mean how can a grown man who has a responsible job and has fathered 3 children, how can he not manage to remember just one little item which is sooooooo important ?!!!
I was reminded, again….. That boys truly are boys, regardless of age, needing to be tended to and cared for, regardless of age.
Anyway. I’m orf to buy a new toothbrush :).
