Family vacations are strange, I tell ya. Especially the older you get. Personalities clash. People argue. Sometimes (but hopefully not) fisticuffs break out. And there’s usually a lot of GUILT. (“What do you mean you’re going to do something by yourself today?”).
Mary Beth Barone is a comedian in New York City, and she recently decided to launch a preemptive strike because she did the unthinkable: she wanted to go on a date during her family vacation.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BviCGp0gyJc/
Gasp! I tried to do this in 2004…but I got stood up…and I’m still not over it…
So Barone presented her family members with a pamphlet by answering all questions related to her upcoming dating experience. This is brilliant.
https://twitter.com/marybethbarone/status/1123587453275836418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1123587453275836418&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.someecards.com%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Fcomedian-uses-pamphlets-inform-family-of-date%2F
I think my favorite potential question is “What’s the parking situation in Miami?” A Mom and Dad question if there ever was one.
And people on Twitter were lovin’ it.
https://twitter.com/jenicetomeetyou/status/1123960086651650053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1123960086651650053&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.someecards.com%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Fcomedian-uses-pamphlets-inform-family-of-date%2F
this is the moment that all those brochure-making projects in 4th grade were training us for
— kt oreilly (@ktoreally) May 2, 2019
— @e.g.scottwrites (@EGScottwrites) May 2, 2019
Bravo! Everyone out there, keep this great idea in mind for your next family vacay, okay?
