I do the basics - t-shirts, socks, underwear, and I pack all the toiletries. He picks out and adds his own outfits. Sometimes, if he's busy and I'm not he just leaves me a list of what he wants and I'll pack it. I often take the day off before we leave on vacation so I can get everything together and he usually doesn't.
No. He prides himself on being a super duper awesome last minute packer who barely needs to take anything and never needs more than a carry on bag.
Except for that one time he forgot underwear.
And that other time he forgot t-shirts.
Oh, and then there was the time he forgot a swim suit for our beach vacation.
And he forgot his hanging clothes 3 weeks ago because they were hanging by the door to the garage, not IN his magical, holds-everything-under-the-sun, bag.
But just trust him, he's an EXCELLENT packer, and if it takes you more than 10 minutes (his packing time), you're doing it wrong.
We went away for a weekend in the winter where we were going snowmobiling one day and a $200 a head dinner the next day. Didn't bring boots or any pants but jeans.
Post by BunnyMacDougal on May 2, 2013 21:55:51 GMT -5
He picks the clothes and I usually pack while he cleans out the car and goes to get gas. If we pack the night before, the dog gets all sad. So we plan the day before with lists and pack the bags after taking the dog to boarding.
Shut up! I don't like my dog all stressed out the night before we go anywhere!
Post by Captain Serious on May 2, 2013 21:56:01 GMT -5
No, butI do fold his dress shirts when he travels for business. He's really no good at it and I used to work for a high end clothing store; no biggie. Although he keeps saying that the next time he remembers, he's going to ask the cleaners to fold and box a few so I won't have to do it.
I totally pack for my H. It's not that he can't. He just waits until the last minute, which drives me crazy, so I end up doing it because it stresses me out.
This. Also, he forgets important things like dress shoes when we're traveling for a wedding. Or that one time he forgot socks.. or the time he forgot undershirts.
Nope. I'm too worried about not overpacking for myself. We never check bags, so it's a challenge sometimes. I have gotten much better at only bringing thing I need.
But now we have a kid, and I just know I'm going to backslide... LOL
Only if he's super crunched for time and I have more time to do it than he does.
Fun story: early in my parents' marriage, they went to a family reunion, which was several days at a campground. When they got there, my dad discovered that he had no clothes or toiletries, because he assumed that my mother had packed for him. Which she had not, because it never occurred to her that a grown man needed someone to pack for him. LOL.
My dad did this too! As far as I know, my mom never has packed for him.
DH travels for work weekly. I don't pack for him because he has a system I would just fuck up. Plus, he is anal.
I pack for DH, and also do all of our laundry (including folding and putting away). That being said, I basically never cook for myself. DH and I play to our strengths .
Before the kid and in the early military days, yes I packed for him. We shared a suitcase and he would wait until the last minute and then just throw everything in. Drove me nuts so I just started doing it myself. Now that we have a kid, she and I share one big suitcase and he gets his own smaller one. Packing for military crap for so many years has made him a better packer, but I still have to make him a list of things he'll need or he'll forget his suit for beach vacations, gloves for winter trips, etc.
Post by EllieArroway on May 2, 2013 23:34:14 GMT -5
I have never packed for my husband. I don't even know where he keeps his clothes. (Well, I know they are in his closet or his dresser, but I don't know how they are organized.)
Post by shostakovich on May 2, 2013 23:39:42 GMT -5
Ha ha - no. I would be packing all the time if I did, because he basically lives out of his suitcase.
True story: My dad used to go on a "just the guys" ski trip every year with some friends, and some friends of friends. Well, one of the friends of friends unpacked his suitcase on the first day, and there was tissue paper between everything in his suitcase. They were totally making fun of him, and then he was like, "What, you mean you guys don't ask your wives to put tissue paper in between your shirts? It prevents wrinkles!"
I was like nine when my dad told me this story, and even then I knew that was fucked up.
No. He prides himself on being a super duper awesome last minute packer who barely needs to take anything and never needs more than a carry on bag.
Except for that one time he forgot underwear.
And that other time he forgot t-shirts.
Oh, and then there was the time he forgot a swim suit for our beach vacation.
And he forgot his hanging clothes 3 weeks ago because they were hanging by the door to the garage, not IN his magical, holds-everything-under-the-sun, bag.
But just trust him, he's an EXCELLENT packer, and if it takes you more than 10 minutes (his packing time), you're doing it wrong.
This is precisely why I do pack for my husband. Instead of starting our vacation straight away, we're having to hit up the local wal-mart or whatever to get what he forogt. It pisses me off. Plus he couln't really match clothes if his life depended on it so if I don't want to be embarassed to be seen with him I'm better off doing it.
Hell yes, I pack for him. I also buy all his clothes. It is the most housewifey thing I do, but It is really self-serving. I want him to look good/ don't want to deal with hassle and he is the least practical person on earth. When he does it himself, we inevitably end up 1,000 miles away without his suit (BFF's wedding) or stopping somewhere to buy socks, underwear, shoes - whatever he forgot. And even then, he's color blind with less than no interest about how he looks most days, sooo.
Once, because he wasn't going to get home till late, I put underwear, tshirts and socks in his bag. To get him started. That was it. He likes to pick how own outfits. As do I.
I make a list for both of us so I don't forget anything and so when we come home we know we have it all. The list for him isn't overly specific. It will say something like "6 shirts" not what shirts. He can figure that out on his own.
He will use the list and get most of it on his own.
I don't do it so I can control what he brings, I do it to be helpful.