Vacation With Family V/S Vacation With Friends

A vacation is a vacation right? No matter who you take it with, it’s a time for relaxation? WRONG. So very wrong. A vacation with your friends plays out much differently than that with your parents, extended family, neighbours of said extended family.

So while you look at the calendar counting down days to your next vacay, we suggest you keep this in mind,

1. Let’s get a bus and leave tomorrow (Days to vacation: 1)

Image source
Image source

V/S

We’ve RENTED an AC bus because Meenu Chachi feels hot and we’ve booked twin sharing connected rooms in a family resort that is close to waterfall/beach/mountain/valley (Days to vacation: 100).

Image source
Image source

 

2. Listening to music on your earphones, talking about nature, life, past, philosophy.

Image source
Image source

V/S

‘Beta khakra khaoge?’, followed immediately by ‘ Acha atleast Paratha to khalo?’. *Que random uncalled for laughter from aunties sitting in family bus*. Finally ‘Accha beta ek photo lelo, Facebook par dalni hai.’

Image source
Image source

 

3. Getting a cheap hotel room, heading out to explore the landscape

Image source
Image source

V/S

Checking into fancy hotel for what seems like billion centuries, collecting each others kids from each others rooms, followed by  ‘Acha abhi sab so jaate hain, 5 baje chai ke liye milenge’.

Image source
Image source

 

4. You plan a day of river rafting/hiking/scuba diving/light a bonfire

Image source
Image source

V/S

‘Chalo beach pe jake catch-catch khelte hain’.

Image source
Image source

 

5. Playing truth or dare, never have I ever, beer pong

Image source
Image source

V/S

Playing Antakshri to old music.

Image source
Image source

 

6. Discussing the latest trends and what we think of it

Image source
Image source

V/S

Discussing why Pammi’s brother’s daughter’s friend ran away with her driver.

Image source
Image source

 

7. Moments of peace and self analyzation while sitting by the sea

Image source
Image source

V/S

Mom and Dad asking you ‘Shaadi kab karni hai?’, ‘Jyaada paise kab kamaoge?’.

Image source
Image source

 

8. Having an intimate moment with a girlfriend/boyfriend.

Image source
Image source

V/S

Having an intimate moment with Dadi asking you about her future grand children.

Image source
Image source

 

9. When a hot person approaches you, you can strike up a holiday romance

Image source
Image source

V/S

When a hot person approaches you, you turn around to see if mom’s looking.

Image source
Image source

 

10. You surround yourself with Alcohol, weed, the works

Image source
Image source

V/S

Ordering with parents ‘Yes, I’ll have a coke with ice’.

Image source
Image source

So pack your bags, put in noise cancellation headphones and take a vacation on your own.

Cover Image Source

📣 Storypick is now on Telegram! Click here to join our channel (@storypick) and never miss another great story.