H just left for a trip. Only two days. I asked if he wanted me to check him in online and he said yes, and go ahead and pay for the luggage fee.
Me: Ummm...you are going for two days and will be staying with your sister. You don't need to take a gallon of shampoo, so why are you checking that dinky little bag?
:: Eye rolls::
Me: Let me look in your bag and see if there is anything that can't be checked.
::rummaging::
Me: Okay, you don't need three tubes of toothpaste so I'm taking these out and leaving you with just a travel size. And you use mouth wash maybe once a month so I'm taking out this giant bottle as well. If you feel the need, use your sister's. Hair gel? When was the last time you used gel?
::More eye rolling and sighing::
Him: I know how to travel!
Me: And I know how to save $50 by not checking this damn bag!
::more eye rolling, now with huffing and puffing::
He finally agreed that he would carry on his bag. But I am awaiting the phone call that there was something else in his bag that gets him in trouble. Or that he just decided to check the bag because it was "too much trouble."
This is the man that once paid a $350 overweight fee on a bag because he packed a library for a trip on which he would have very little time for reading (and had a 2nd bag that he could have used to redistribute the weight but didn't think of that). And the same man that was less than a centimeter away from having the state police called because TSA found a kitchen knife in his carry-on. I don't think I'm being unreasonable by nagging about these things.
I just a friendly gal looking for options.
