Have You Ever Considered Doing A ‘ Reggie Perrin ‘?

[naomi24]

Just a bit of fun but a friend tells me she’s fed up with her family. The kids only call when they want something and the husband does his own thing in his own busy world. A light-hearted conversation with a lot of laughs - but she says she’s considering doing a Reggie Perrin… just simply disappearing and letting them all get on with it. If you ever considered that option where would you go and what would you do?

[emmie]

no, it would leave too many people hurt. Besides which i couldn;t think of anywhere to go. You leave a trail behind you come what may, credit / debit cards being one.

[emmie]

i think we all get fed up with our families at times, i did when Mr Em was alive, but had invested a long time in our relationship, and besides i am a hang on in there type of person, if you know what i mean

[douglas9401]

Ah well, there's a bit of fun out the window right away.

Aye, be good to disappear for a while and somebody would set up a Just Giving page to keep the wife in sherry and fags until I got fed up with my own company.

[Peter Pedant]

in the SDS they did it a lot
no not the students for a democratic society ( terrorist organisation in the US in the seventies would you believe )

special demonstation squad - the undercover policemen gave the lady trots babies to show how revolutionary they were ( no really) and then walked out

and no one lived happily ever after

current oral evidence session ended on Fri I think

more in three months

And the mytholmroyd case - "darling I have left you!" she turned up in a reservoir ten years later - the Lady in the Lake case. the case didnt rock for the husband as the body was caught on a ledge when he threw it in

[Mozz71]

Yup. Honestly, I very much doubt if anyone would notice.

[emmie]

Mozz, we would...

[Peter Pedant]

// You leave a trail behind you come what may, credit / debit cards being one.//

oh la miss - all that must go. You have clearly thought about it
BUT - - NI number and NHS no - dont be ill and always get paid in cash is a bit of a tall order

OK worr abart - Aswan ( er Egypt that is ) or Wadi Halfa? christ have you seen how they live there ? obviously not

[MallyJ]

Oh yes.....I would love to walk away from it all...trouble is the financial aspect. I have no desire to leave my share of 2 houses behind...or the contents of my accounts. No I am not wealthy but I am too old to start from scratch...

[Bobbisox1]

To Lanzarote on a sun bed beside the sea but that's a bit selfish, instead I'd lock the door ,stop the milk and turn phones off ...well at least for an hour :0)))

[emmie]

its a good question and one i think lots of people hanker after, but the reality of where to go, would you miss them all in the end, i suspect that rings true.

[emmie]

what if you fall ill....

[Mozz71]

Thank you Em.

[SparklyKid]

My wife keeps telling me she is homesick..

I told her she was at home.

"I know" she said "I am sick of it"

[emmie]

some people can't go walkabout Mozz, without someone noticing.

[tamborine]

Malibu & explore LA, Vegas, desert & those gorgeous mountains on horseback

[SparklyKid]

There was this couple who were so fed up that a suicide pact seemed a good idea.

Off they go to Beachy Head and she jumped first.

Husband looked down the cliff and said " Blow it, i'll soldier on.

[emmie]

Tambo, wouldn't you need money for that, credit cards and such.

[david small]

My wife and I have each always had‘ a running away fund’. Just in case one of us gets too fed up with the life we share.

[tamborine]

Sell-up & am off ;)

[andy-hughes]

It's a nice idea, as long as it remains just that - an idea.

Practicalities and emotions can be glossed over to make a TV series, less avoidable in real life.

I have this dream of travelling to Europe and finding Veronica Vanoza and offering her a four figure sum for an evening of her company, and then going to LA and getting a job on a radio station.

It will never happen, but it's a dream ...