vacation

There is something about the sweet smell of summertime and the pure existential joy of vacation that really gets the hormones flowing! Whether it be the tanned summer bodies, the excess tequila, or a combination of both, nothing says 'livin' libido loca' quite like a summer vacation! We have teamed up with dating blog The Single Society to share with you some of the wildest summertime sexcapade stories for your reading pleasure. If YOU have a wild/funny/cringeworthy summertime hookup story, be sure to spread good karma and share it with the world here! 

Family vacations are supposed to be bonding, peaceful experiences, and fun times for the whole fam. Alas, things don't always go as planned. We recently uncovered an old Reddit thread where people shared the worst family vacations they ever had, and the responses range from tragic to hilarious to totally insane. Scroll down for these wild fam vacays, and see if yours compare. 

As much as you love your significant other, it takes a while to get used to their weird quirks. But what about getting along with their buddies, and all the quirks that come with them too? That's what this Reddit thread is all about. For a little sneak peek into the drama, a girlfriend snapped at her boyfriend's buddies who wanted to join a trip, claiming all they did on a previous trip to Disney is eat. Redditors ultimately deemed her to be the a**hole in the situation, but what do you think? Scroll down for more context and let us know in the comments. 

Nowadays, travel is basically a thing of the past. I don't even remember what it's like to go to the grocery store two miles away from me, never mind visit another country. But back in the days when travel was allowed, and we were free to go on adventures and freely explore the world's wonders, people's vacations didn't always go to plan. So, to make ourselves feel better about being stuck at home, here are some pictures of people whose vacations were a total fail, especially when it came to the views they trekked across the world to see.

Let's take it back to happier times, before the Big, Bad Rona. After four months of backpacking through South America, I have become quite the expert when it comes to the backpacking male species. Every new destination brought new guys my way. Of course, I inevitably fell in love with all of them.

Because I'm like, such a good friend, I feel that you should prep yourself before you wreck yourself (or before they wreck you), and have compiled a list of men boys you'll encounter during your travels.

To All the Boys (Who Backpack) I've Loved Before: this list is dedicated to your dumbasses. 

Last summer, Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj came out with the ultimate summer anthem known as Hot Girl Summer. While I danced along to this banger every time it came on and used it for my summer Instagram captions every chance I got, I was never sure exactly what the meaning behind it was, other than something along the lines of living your best life. Living your best life is also kinda vague, but no need to worry! In the thread below, the women of Reddit break down what exactly hot girl summer means to them, and how they plan to implement it this summer. Scroll even further down to comment what hot girl summer means to you. 

I'm a pretty outdoorsy girl. I love hiking, working up a sweat, and setting up camp, and cracking open a cold one with my closest friends under the stars. The bugs may be a pain in the butt and my back might hurt the next day, but that's what bug spray and air mattresses are for. In the end, it's all worth it. Alas, not everyone on the internet has the same opinion as me, and unfortunately, they don't share the same passion for the great outdoors. The people of Twitter have never been shy about going on daily rants, and this week's topic of choice is why going outside absolutely sucks. Scroll down for these super honest and hilarious tweets. 

We all love to talk about going on vacations, though for most of us it's been quite a while. With the new norm of working from home, it's hard to tell what a vacation is. When does the work weekend and my real life start? What is my real life? Let's not get into it.

Sometimes we just need a break, whatever that means. And you can slowly feel it coming on too, the need for a vacation. There's the feeling of being so overwhelmed that you start to forget random things, and find yourself confused at all times. That's a dead giveaway that is time for vaca, it would just be nice if you could afford it too.

In 2012, the invention of Tinder changed the landscape of love, dating, and relationships as we know it. Gone are the days where flirting required real-life, face-to-face interaction — instead, welcome to the age of virtual romance, where your next hook up is only one swipe away. As a woman who uses dating apps, I know how easy it is to feel like a small disposable fish in an endlessly big pond of younger, better looking, and more heavily photoshopped fish. But I often wonder if courtship was really that much easier before online dating took over, or whether the struggle to find good-quality men has been one that women have faced since the dawn of time...?

This time of year makes it seem like winter will never end. It's cold, it's miserable and it's grey and summer seems like a world away. You're patiently counting down to your summer vacation, especially if you have kids. Because summer vacations are made up of those blissful moments where your perfectly behaved kids will accompany you sightseeing around Europe and won't complain once about leaving the hotel pool for just one goddamn day. Ok, we're exaggerating. They might have the odd tantrum here or there. Fine, if we're being honest, is it really even a vacation if your kids are with you? Sure, there are some fun moments, but you'll probably need another vacation right after it to recover. 

These parents on Twitter managed to capture the all too relatable nightmare moments of traveling with kids, which will make you glad that it's not summer yet!

Vacations all we ever wanted, vacations all we ever needed! 

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When you're a mom, and especially if you have six kids, going away for a few days with your friends sometimes seems unthinkable. But, one hilarious mom, Meghan Maza Oeser found a little bit of free time to take a weekend away with her girlfriends and left her husband alone with all the household duties. Check out the hilarious instructions she left for him. Clearly, this mom knows her way around six children–and, has a brilliant sense of humor.

Ever taken a family vacation? Didn't go as planned? Well, here are some pretty bad vacation stories that might make yours sound like a dream!